ND Veterans Affairs News: State

Donald Wendall Adams was born in Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota on August 8, 1925, to Clide White Adams and Esther Ruth Luella Brosowske. He entered the United States Naval Reserve in North Dakota. Electrician's Mate Third Class Adams was killed in action in Okinawa, Japan, on May 25, 1945, and is buried in Courts of the Missing, United States Navy, World War II, Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii. He received the Purple Heart award.

Received Purple Heart award.

Source: Ancestry/Find a Grave

Lost at sea when USS Hull went down during Typhoon Cobra, where a total of 202 lives were lost. Buried in Manila American Cemetery and Memorial.

Received Purple Heart award.

By C.S. Hagen
August 19, 2022 12:22 PM

FARGO — Seventy-eight years after a U.S. soldier died during World War II, his remains have been identified by a laboratory.

Pfc. Robert L. Alexander, 27, of Tolley, North Dakota, fought with the 105th Infantry Regiment, 27th Division, and died on July 7, 1944, while defending against a “mass suicide or banzai” attack on Saipan in the Mariana Islands, according to a statement the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued Friday, Aug. 19.

A B-17 crew member, assigned to 28th BG 36th BS.

Received Purple Heart award.