ND Veterans Affairs News: State

born Austin, Tex 16 Jul 23; resident Cass County, NDak; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 1 Feb 43; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; KIA 13 Mar 44 Italy; PFC; buried in Grave 13558, Block 24, Section C, Ft Snelling National Cemetery, Mpls, Minn.

Born Cando, NDak 9 Feb 21; resident Towner County, NDak; entered AUS Cando, NDak 10 Feb 41; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; KIA 18 Oct 42 Guadalcanal; buried in Cando Cemetery, Cando, NDak. 

He was married to Lottie and they shared daughter Sharon.

born Glenwood, NDak 13 Sep 19; resident Grand Forks County, NDak; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 14 Jul 42; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; KIA 9 Sep 43 Salerno, Italy; buried in Plot 67, Nov 8, Center Section at Hoople Cemetery, Hoople, NDak. 

Born Simco, NDak 7 Oct 14; resident McHenry County, NDak; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 28 May 41; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; died in service 31 May 45 Luzon; buried in Grave 434-N, Section 8-1, Ft Snelling National Cemetery, Ft Snelling, 
Minn.

born Bisbee, NDak 8 Aug 21; resident Mountrail County, NDak; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 19 Jun 42; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; KIA 17 Aug 44, France; buried in Grave 14304, Block 25, Section C, Ft Snelling National Cemetery, Mpls, Minn

Corporal Orlo Anderson was born in Marion, North Dakota, on October 7, 1917, to Mr. and Mrs. Minius Anderson. He was a resident of Sargent County, North Dakota when he entered AUS Ft. Snelling, Minn on July 7, 1942. On November 24, 1944 he was on a Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan #41-27522 that flew to Lake Charles Army Airfield, Louisiana on an instructional flight. While returning to base at Bryan, Texas, the aircrew encountered instrument flying conditions. Then the starboard motor quit, and the pilot trimmed the airplane for single engine operation and dove to a lower elevation.

Born Enderlin, NDak 8 Apr 17; resident Ransom County, NDak; entered AUS Ransom County, NDak 1 Nov 40; died in service 1 Jul 42, Riverside, Calif; buried Enderlin City Cemetery, Enderlin, NDak.

born Kindred, NDak 21 Apr 21; resident Mountrail County, NDak; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 20 Nov 42; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; KIA 6 Nov 44 Germany; SSG; buried in Plot W, White Earth, NDak

Private Martin J. Anderson was born in Camlachie, Ontario on December 12, 1920, to William G. and Ina M. Anderson. He was a resident of Cass County, North Dakota when he entered the Canadian Army on June 13, 1941, in Camlachie, Ontario. He was killed in action on October 23, 1944, in an unknown place and his remains were not recovered.

Staff Sergeant Garth Anderson was born Grace City, North Dakota on July 10, 1920. He had 1 brother and 3 sisters and was a resident of Burleigh County, North Dakota when he entered the USMC Ramsey County, North Dakota on April 9, 1942. He served in the Asiatic Pacific Theater for 21 months when he contracted a disease of the tropics and was sent to the Klamath Falls Barracks in Oregon where he died on December 20, 1944, due to the disease. He is buried in Plot 16, Row 1, Grave 12, Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery, Devils Lake, North Dakota.