ND Veterans Affairs News: State

born Baker, ND 11 Jun 22; resident Towner County, ND; entered US Navy Fargo, ND 29 Oct 42; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; KIA 24 Jul 45 Kure Harbor, Japan; buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, St Louis, MO.

born Bismarck, ND 26 Sep 21; resident Morton County, ND; entered AUS Ft Snelling, MN 12 Mar 43; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; KIA 5 Apr 45 Okinawa; buried in Plot N, Grave 1123, National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii.

born Bismarck, ND 1 Aug 05; resident Burleigh County, ND; entered US Army Ft Snelling, MN 23 Oct 23; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; KIA 2 Feb 44 Cisternia On Roma, Italy; buried in Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial, Lazio, Italy.

born Bladen, NE 10 Nov 15; resident Cass County, ND; entered US Navy Mpls, Minn 2 Jan 42; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; died in service 11 Nov 44 Southwest Pacific Area; buried in Plot C, Grave 14362, Ft Snelling National Cemetery, Mpls, MN.

born Minot, ND 3 Mar 21; resident Ward County, ND; entered AUS Minot, ND 13 Apr 42; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; died in service 25 Dec 44 France; buried in Lot 52, Block I, Section 12, Rosehill Cemetery, Minot, ND.

born Long Lake, SD 14 Sep 21; resident Dickey County, ND; entered AUS Ft Snelling, MN 29 Oct 42; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; died in service 17 Apr 45 Okinawa; buried on S 1/2 of Lot 32, Block 23, Ellendale Cemetery, Ellendale, ND.

Philip Jacob Schneider was born in Glen Ullin, Morton County, North Dakota on November 29, 1916, to Mathias Schneider and Anna Schlatter. He entered the United States Army at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on April 9, 1941, and served in the European African Middle Eastern Theater. Sergeant Schneider was killed in action on October 21, 1943, in Alife, Provincia di Caserta, Campania, Italy. He is buried in Plot 7, Row 9, Grave 1, Section 31, Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery, Glen Ullin, North Dakota.

born Rugby, ND 21 Feb 26; resident Pierce County, ND; entered US Navy Mpls, MN 9 Apr 43; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; died in service 31 Jul 45 Hawaii; buried in Plot B, Grave 703, National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii

born Dickey, ND 3 Apr 23; resident LaMoure County, ND; entered AUS Los Angeles, CA 30 Oct 42; died in service 22 Dec 43 Morrison Field, FL; burial place unknown.

born Wahpeton, ND 17 Oct 07; resident Richland County, ND; entered AUS Ft Snelling, MN 7 May 42; died in service 7 Mar 44 Ft Sam Houston, TX; buried in Plot 16, Grave 5, Section A, Block 1, Calvary Cemetery, Wahpeton, ND.