ND Veterans Affairs News: State

born Grand Forks, NDak 10 Aug 19; resident Grand Forks County, NDak; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 1 Jun 41; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; died in service 15 Apr 43 Pacific Area; buried in 1st Addition, Lot 126, Grave 2, Section 14, Memorial Park Cemetery, Grand Forks, NDak. 

born Fargo, NDak 12 Mar 26; resident Cass County, NDak; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 27 Mar 44; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; KIA 8 Feb 45, Germany; buried in Plot 32, Section W, Riverside Cemetery, Fargo, NDak.

born Lisbon, NDak 25 Sep 24; resident Ransom County, NDak; entered USMC Mpls, Minn 14 Jan 43; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; died in service 6 Mar 44, Bismarck Archipelago; buried in Row G, Grave 12800, Section C, Ft Snelling National Cemetery, Mpls, Minn. 

born Cavalier County, NDak 26 Sep 17; resident Ramsey County, NDak; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 25 Apr 42; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; died in service 17 Jan 43 New Guinea; buried in Plot 8, Grave 922, National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Arnold Herman Hausauer was born May 11, 1925 on the family farm near Skogmo, Sheridan County, North Dakota.
He graduated from McClusky High School in 1943 and was drafted into the Army shortly afterward.
Arnold was killed June 18, 1945 while serving in Okinawa. He was leading his men up to a building and accidentally stepped on a land mine. He was first buried on Okinawa but was re-interred at McClusky City Cemetery in June of 1949. He rests next to his father and mother.

born Larson, NDak 22 Aug 17; resident Burke County, NDak; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 8 Jul 41; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; died in service 6 Apr 43 Constantine, Algeria; buried in Soldiers Plot at Pleasant Prairie Lutheran Cemetery, Columbus, NDak.

born Rolette County, NDak 29 Feb 20; resident Ramsey County, NDak; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 25 Nov 42; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; KIA 3 Oct 44, Italy; buried in Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery, Devils Lake, NDak.

born Wyndmere, NDak 18 Aug 07; resident Richland County, NDak; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 12 Jun 30; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; died in service 22 Feb 45 Luzon, PI; buried in Grave 832, Section B, Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, Calif

Cpl. LeRoy Haugen was born April 7, 1930 at Langdon, North Dakota to Helmer and Louise Haugen. He had been in the U.S. Army over 5 years, about 3 of them in service during the Korean War and Japan with the Eighth Army. He had been stationed at Ft. Sheridan, Ill and later transferred to Ft. Lincoln, Bismarck, ND with the North Dakota Military District. On June 4, 1952 he had died as a result of a motor vehicle accident near Wilton ND in Burleigh County ND. He was survived by his wife Nettie, parents Helmer and Louise Haugen of Hunter, ND.

born Grand Forks, NDak 28 Jan 24; resident Grand Forks County, NDak; entered AUS Seattle, Wash 21 Jun 43; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; KIA 4 Mar 45 France; buried in Plot B, Row 6, Grave 134, US Military Cemetery, Limey, France.