ND Veterans Affairs News: State

born Douglas, NDak 17 Jun 32; resident Ward County, NDak; entered US Army Fargo, NDak 4 Dec 52; died in service 17 Jun 53 Stony Lake, Mich; buried in Lot 102, Block 1, Section 12 in Rosehill Cemetery, Minot, NDak. 

born Bottineau, NDak 18 Feb 28; resident Bottineau County, NDak; entered US Army Fargo, NDak 29 Oct 51; served in Germany; died in service 22 Nov 52 Germany; buried in Plot 20, Lower Row, Grave 8, Section 22 Nordlands Cemetery, Roland Township, Bottineau, NDa

born Mandan, NDak 15 Apr 25; resident Morton County, NDak; entered USMC San Diego, Calif 10 Mar 43; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; KIA 8 Mar 45, Iwo Jima; buried in Plot 42, Grave 11, Southside Addition at Union Cemetery, Mandan, NDak.

born Swiftcuren, Canada 15 May 18; resident Williams County, NDak; entered AUS Fargo, NDak 29 Mar 41; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; KIA 7 Feb 45, Luzon Island; buried in the Union Cemtery of Tioga, NDak,

born Nome, NDak 18 Dec 15; resident Barnes County, NDak; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 11 Jun 43; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; KIA 20 Nov 44 in Germany; buried in Plot 223, Grave 2, Section J at Conrad Memorial Cemetery, Kalispell, Mont.

born Milnor, NDak 12 Dec 19; resident Burleigh County, NDak; entered US Navy Mpls, Minn 23 Jan 41; served Asiatic Pacific and European African Middle Eastern Theaters; died in service 12 Sep 42 Key West, Fla; buried in Plot SE*, Lot 125, Grave 5, Section N at Rose City Cemetery, Portland, Ore 

Leonard Joseph Check
Date of birth: 4-Mar-11
Date of death: Killed in Action
Place of Birth: Berwick, North Dakota
Home of record: Williston, North Dakota

Lloyd Emory Chaussee was born in Bottineau, Bottineau County, North Dakota on March 24, 1920, to Alfred and Marie Virginie Chaussee. He entered the United States Navy Reserve in Minneapolis Minnesota on July 4, 1942. Commissary Steward Second Class Chaussee died in service on September 30, 1945, in Seattle, Washinton, of a brain tumor. He is buried in Plot 20, Section 3, Grave 1, Mount Saint Mark's Cemetery Bottineau, North Dakota. 

born Little Fork, Minn 1 Jul 21; resident Grand Forks County, NDak; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 12 Aug 42; served European African Middle Eastern 
Theater; KIA 17 Aug 43 Stromberg, Germany; buried in Lot 4, Block 136, Grave 4, Memorial Park Cemetery, Grand Forks, NDak. 

Awarded Air Medal and Purple Heart

born Olga, NDak 23 Feb 21; resident Cavalier County, NDak; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 21 Jan 43; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; KIA 1 Nov 45 Oshershleben, Germany; buried in Section 84, Grave 21, Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, St Louis, Mo

Paul served as a Technical Sergeant & Engineer on B-24H #41-29423, 786th Bomber Squadron, 466th Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.

He resided in Los Angeles County, California prior to the war.

He was awarded the Purple Heart.