ND Veterans Affairs News: State

; born Belfield, ND 18 Dec 11; resident Billings County, ND; entered AUS Ft Snelling, MN 20 Jan 42; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; died in service 1 May 45 Philippine Islands; buried in Saint Wenceslaus Cemetery, Dickinson, ND.

born Mercer, ND 19 Dec 21; resident McLean County, ND; entered US Navy Fargo, ND 7 Oct 42; died in service 8 Oct 44 Pasadena, CA; buried in Lot 21, Row 1, Grave 1, Turtle Lake Cemetery, Turtle Lake, ND.

Born Schley, MN 22 Mar 18; resident Wells County, ND; entered AUS Ft Snelling, MN 28 Mar 42; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; separated Camp McCoy, WI 12 Oct 45; PFC; entered US Army Ft Benjamin Harrison, IN 17 Feb 51; died in service 20 Oct 51 Holland, MI; buried in Hillside Cemetery, Fessenden, ND

born Ross, ND 21 Feb 24; resident Mountrail County, ND; entered AUS Ft Snelling, MN 22 Oct 43; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; KIA 15 Sep 44 Germany; buried in Family Plot, Rosehill Cemetery, Ross, ND.

born Hubbard County, MN 30 Sep 12; resident Grand Forks County, ND; entered AUS Missoula, MT 11 Apr 42; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; KIA 9 Jul 43 Bay of Canea, Crete; memorialized in the Calvary Cemetery, Grand Forks, ND.

Marine 2nd Lieutenant Carleton Elliott "Sim" Simensen was awarded the Bronze Star for his heroism in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

He was mortally wounded in the chest by shrapnel or bullets while leading Marines up the ladders on the U.S.S. Arizona's tripod mainmast. He'd been on the Arizona less than six months when he was killed on Dec. 7, 1941. He is buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu.

born Crookston, MN 25 Nov 14; resident Cass County, ND; entered AUS Ft Snelling, MN 11 Apr 42; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; died in service 14 Jun 44 Normandy, France; buried in Riverside Cemetery, Fargo, ND.

born Minot, ND 20 May 19; resident Ward County, ND; entered AUS Ft Douglas, Utah 4 Feb 43; died in service 1 May 44 Pueblo, CO; buried in Rosehill Memorial Park, Minot, ND.

born Courtenay, ND 2 Dec 08; resident Stutsman County, ND; entered AUS Monterey, CA 15 Mar 42; died in service 15 Jul 43 Atlanta, GA; buried in Calvary Cemetery, Jamestown, ND.

born Chinock, NE 15 Sep 17; resident Ward County, ND; entered AUS Sacramento, CA 6 Nov 41; served in Alaska; KIA 29 May 43 Attu, Alaska; buried in Block 24, Section C, Grave 13635, Ft Snelling National Cemetery, Mpls, MN.