ND Veterans Affairs News: State

born Fargo, NDak 5 Jul 26; resident Cass County, NDak; entered US Navy Valley City, NDak 1 Mar 44; died in service 10 Apr 46 Glenview, Ill; buried in Lot 129, Row 10, Grave 1 Section 21; Leonard Cemetery, Leonard, NDak. 

born Grand Forks, NDak 27 Aug 23; resident Grand Forks County, NDak; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 27 Nov 43; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; KIA 19 Dec 44 Germany, buried in Block 589, Lot 3, Grave 4 at Calvary Cemetery, Grand Forks, NDak. 

born Havelock, NDak 11 Apr 20; resident Hettinger County, NDak; entered AUS Dickinson, NDak 10 Feb 41; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; KIA 29 Nov 42 Guadalcanal; buried in Mountainare Cemetery, Langmont, Colo. 

born Cobden, Ill 14 Sep 18; resident Cass County, NDak; entered US Navy San Francisco, Calif 31 Jul 41; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; KIA 17 Feb 45 Pacific; buried at sea. 

born Wolverton, Minn 31 Jul 12; resident Cass County, NDak; entered AUG Ft Snelling, Minn 6 Apr 42; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; sep Ft Monmouth, NJ 5 Oct 45; PFC; entered US Army 20 Feb 47 place unk; died in service Great Lakes, Ill 21 Jul 54; buried in Wolverton Norwegian Lutheran Cemetery, Wolverton, Minn.

born Berthold, N Dak 12 Feb 10; resident Ward County, N Dak; entered AUS Vancouver Barracks, Wash 22 Jan 40; died in service 18 Feb 44 Spokane, Wash; burial place unk.

born Sawyer, NDak 2 Oct 21; resident Ward County, NDak; entered AUG Ft Snelling, Minn 12 Aug 42; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; KIA 31 May 44 Italy; buried in Plot 65, Row 4 East, Grave 65; Section 12, Rosehill Cemetery, Minot, NDak. 

born Mandan, NDak 2 May 15; resident Morton County, NDak; entered AUS Jefferson Barracks, Ho 4 Aug 43; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; KIA 25 May 45 Honsha, Japan; buried Section 81, Grave 266, Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, St Louis, Mo.

James George Fair was born in Rolla, Grand Forks County, North Dakota on June 15, 1917, to James George and Nellie Rowena Fair. He entered the United States Army on October 20, 1940, in Fargo, Cass County, North Dakota and served in the European African Middle Eastern Theater. Private Fair was killed in action on January 11, 1945, during the Battle of the Bulge in Ottre-Bihain Arrondissement de Bastogne, Luxembourg, Belgium. He is buried in Grave 14586, Block 26, Section C, Ft Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota.  

Donald B N Fair was born in Rolla, Grand Forks County, North Dakota on April 7, 1921, to James George and Nellie Rowena Thompson Fair. He grew up in North Dakota and was a 19-year-old student majoring in theater at the University of North Dakota, when, shortly after Pearl Harbor, he enlisted in the United States Army, on February 12, 1942.