ND Veterans Affairs News: State

born Thorne, NDak 18 Jul 21; resident Pierce County, NDak; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 25 Sep 42; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; died in service 10 May 45 Market Harborough, England; buried in Plot F, Row 6, Grave 109 Cambridge, England. 

born Little Falls, Minn 17 Sep 22; resident Dickey County, NDak; entered USMC Mpls, Minn 17 Feb 42; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; died in service 15 Apr 45 Honolulu, Hawaii; buried in Grave 1147, Section C National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii, 

born Kensal, NDak 14 Dec 22; resident Stutsman County, Nook; entered AUS Fargo, NDak 28 Oct 42; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; died in service 29 Apr 47 Bremen, Germany; remains not recovered.

born Sioux Falls, SDak 10 Jul 22; resident Pembina County, NDak; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 19 Nov 42; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; KIA 4 Dec 44 Germany; buried in Grave 13550; Block 24, Section C at Ft Snelling National Cemetery, Mpls, Minn, 

Michael Anton Drury was born in Adams County, North Dakota on October 31, 1923, to Cyril L Drury and Edna Hildora Burwick. He resided in Dickinson, Stark County, North Dakota when he entered the United States Army at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on April 10, 1943. Corporal Drury served in the European African Middle Eastern Theater and was killed in action on January 5, 1945, in Belgium. He is buried in Block 2, Lot 4, Grave 7, Section J-1 in St Patrick's Cemetery, Dickinson, North Dakota. 

born Detroit Lakes, Minn 14 Oct 25; resident Cass County, NDak; entered USAF Columbus AFB, Miss 19 Apr 51; served in Korea; KIA 2 Jul 54 East Hampden, Maine; burial place unk.

born Upham, NDak 2 Mar 24; resident McHenry County, NDak; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 10 Jun 43; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; KIA 21 Mar 45 Luzon, P.I.; buried in Block 1, Lot 103, Section 22 at Union Cemetery, Bantry, NDak. 

born Grand Forks, NDak 5 Jan 14; resident Grand Forks County, NDak; entered US Army Ft Meade, SDak 18 Aug 36; died in service 20 Jul 41 San Francisco, Calif; buried in Golden Gate Cemetery, San Francisco, Calif. 

born Columbus, NDak 5 Jun 28; resident Burke County, NDak; entered US Army Ft Riley, Kans 26 Oct 48; died in service 12 Oct 51 Columbus, NDak; burial place unk.

born Springfield, Minn 15 Sep 22; resident Nelson County, NDak; entered USMC Mpls, Minn 24 Jun 44; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; KIA 14 Mar 45 Iowa Jima; buried in Grave 4295, Section B, Ft Snelling 
National Cemetery, Mpls, Minn.