ND Veterans Affairs News: State

born Colgate, NDak 28 May 18; resident Cass County, NDak; entered. AUS Fargo, NDak 13 Jan 41; died in service 28 Feb 44 Hunter Liggett Military Reservation, Calif; remains not recovered. 

Charles Walter Hansen was born in LaMoure, LaMoure County, North Dakota on March 8, 1922, to George W and Lillie May Hansen. He entered the United States Army at Fort Douglas, Utah on February 6, 1943, and served in the European African Middle Eastern Theater. Private Hansen was killed in action on January 10, 1945, in Luxembourg, Germany, and he is buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, LaMoure, North Dakota.

born Grand Forks, NDak 23 Jan 20; resident Grand Forks County, NDak; entered AUS Fargo, NDak 28 Dec 40; died in service 5 Dec 43 Grand Forks, NDak; buried in Legion Plot, Cavalry Cemetery, Grand Forks, Noah. 

born Jud, NDak 4 Sep 20; resident LaMoure County, NDak; entered AUS Minot, NDak 25 May 42; died in service 28 Sep 43 Pocahontas, Ark; remains not recovered; memorialized in Mount Hope Cemetery, Edgeley, NDak.

born Cooperstown, NDak 6 Jul 29; resident Griggs County, NDak; entered US Navy Fargo, NDak 29 Sep 50; served in Korea; died in service 4 Jul 57 USS Charles E. Brannon; buried in Section E, Site 897 in Ft Snelling National Cemetery, Mpls, Minn.

born Kinsdale, Mont 25 Sep 21; resident Cass County, NDak; entered AUS Fargo, NDak 10 Feb 41; sep 
Fargo, NDak 20 Feb 41; PVT; POD; entered US Army Ft Snelling, Minn 28 May 41; served in Japan; died in service 23 Dec 48 Fairbanks, Alaska; burial place unk. 

born Edmunds, NDak 15 Nov 20; resident Foster County, NDak; entered AUS Carrington, NDak 10 Feb 41; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; KIA 23 Jan 44 Bouganville; buried in Soldiers Plot, Row 2, Grave 2, Section K, Carrington Memorial Cemetery, Carrington, NDak, 

born Minot, NDak 22 Nov 35; resident Mountrail County, NDak; entered US Army Fargo, NDak 13 Jul 53; died in service 4 Mar 54 Daleville, Ala; burial place unk. 

born Pembina County, NDak 15 Oct 22; resident Walsh County, NDak; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 6 Feb 43; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; KIA 9 May 45 Czechoslovakia; remains not recovered

born Carson, NDak 5 Sep 21; resident Burleigh County, NDak; entered AUS Bismarck, NDak 10 Feb 41; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; KIA 21 Nov 42 Guadalcanal; buried in Plot 208, Row 1, Grave 3, Fairview Cemetery, Bismarck, NDak.