ND Veterans Affairs News: State

born Williston, NDak 4 Jan 31; resident Burleigh County, NDak; entered USAF Fargo, NDak 28 Jun 51; died in service 28 Jan 53 Laughlin AFB, Tex; buried in Fairview Cemetery, Bismarck, NDak.

born Winnipeg, Canada 6 Jul 09; resident Grand Forks County, NDak; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 21 Dec 42; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; KIM 20 Feb 45 Luxembourg, Belgium; buried in Block 93, Lot 4, American Legion Plot, Memorial Park Cemetery, Grand Forks, NDak. 

born Dickinson, NDak 25 Mar 21; resident Stark County, NDak; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 9 Oct 42; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; KIA 24 Apr 45 Okinawa; buried in Plot 2, Row N, Grave 2, North Section, St Wenceslaus Cemetery, Dickinson, NDak. 

born Woodworth, NDak 6 Jun 19; resident Stutsman County, NDak; entered AUS Jamestown, NDak 10 Feb 41; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; KIA 1 Nov 42 South Pacific; buried in Division D, Block SE1 20, Grave 9, Section Q, Highland Cemetery, Jamestown, NDak. 

born Shields, NDak 11 Dec 19; resident Sioux County, NDak; entered AUS Fargo, NDak 7 Mar 41; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; died in service 20 Apr 45 Negros Island; buried at St Peters Cemetery, Fort Yates, NDak. 

born Emerado, NDak 16 Jan 09; resident Grand Forks County, NDak; entered AUS Grand Forks, NDak 20 May 42; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; died in service 18 Jun 44 Denver, Colo; buried in Lot 4, Block 47, Section B, Grave 1, Bellevue Cemetery, Larimore, NDak. 

Ervin Kermit Holter was born in Clarksfield, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota on November 7, 1916, to John and Julia E Johnson Holter. He resided in Palermo, Mountrail County, North Dakota. He entered the United States Army in AUS Mountrail County, North Dakota on January 16, 1941, and served European African Middle Eastern Theater. Second Lieutenant Holter was killed in action on February 25, 1945, in Germany and is buried in the family plot, Knife River Lutheran Church Cemetery, Stanley, Mountrail County, North Dakota.

Captain Robert B. Holmes was born on December 5, 1920, in Chamberlain, South Dakota and was from North Dakota when he entered the United States Army. On April 16, 1945, Captain Holmes flying a P-51 (44-63214) of the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group “Duxford Eagles” 8th Air Force out of USAAF Station F-357 (Duxford) was flying a mission to strafe enemy airfields in the present-day Czech Republic. After strafing two airfields heading towards the third, his plane was hit by flak, and he crashed and was killed near Prague.

born Colgan, NDak 8 Nov 22; resident Divide County, NDak; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 25 Mar 43; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; KIA 11 Nov 44 Mediterranean Area; buried in Grave 949, Section J, Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, Calif. 

born Fessenden, NDak 30 Jun 19; resident Barnes County, NDak; entered AUS Valley Cily, NDak 1 Apr 41; died in service 19 Nov 43 Chickasha, Okla; buried in Plot 462, Section A6, Fairhaven Memorial Park, Santa Ana, Calif.