ND Veterans Affairs News: State

born Hannah, ND 3 Oct 17; resident Cavalier County, ND; entered US Navy Mpls, MN 16 Jul 41; died in service 9 Feb 43 New York, NY; buried in Hannah Cemetery, Hannah, ND.

born Fargo, ND 27 Jan 20; resident Cass County, ND; entered AUS Fargo, ND 30 Dec 40; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; KIA 22 Jun 43 Oujda, French Morocco; memorialized in Riverside Cemetery, Fargo, ND.

Laurence Alcides Possibuon was born in New Rockford, Eddy County, North Dakota on April 25, 1926, to Premo and Emma Emilla Possibuon. He entered the United States Marine Corp in Minneapolis, Minnesota on December 12, 1944. Private Possibuon died in service on June 2, 1945, at Parris Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina from typhoid fever. He is buried in Section 1, Plot 18, Grave 3, Prairie Home Cemetery, New Rockford, North Dakota.

born Barrett, MN 23 Feb 22; resident Richland County, ND; entered AUS Wahpeton, ND 10 Feb 41; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; KIA 23 Nov 42 Guadalcanal; buried in Fairview Cemetery, Wahpeton, ND.

born Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin 13 Feb 11; resident Divide County, ND; entered AUS Fargo, ND 19 Feb 41; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; died in service 3 Feb 44 Italy; buried in Grave 7685, Block 3, Section C, Ft Snelling National Cemetery, Mpls, MN.

Master Sergeant Ray Point was born in Perth, ND on September 4, 1915, and was a resident of Towner County, ND when he entered the US Army in Ft Snelling, MD on April 4, 1939. During World War II he served in the European African Middle Eastern Theater and he separated from the Army at Ft MacArthur, California on September 19, 1945, as a Technical Sergeant. 

He reentered the US Army on June 25, 1950, and served in Korea. While fighting the enemy in Korea he was killed in action on November 4, 1950.

He is buried in the Ft MacArthur Cemetery in San Pedro, California.

born Grafton, ND 9 Oct 30; resident Walsh County, ND; entered US Army Fargo, ND 28 Nov 50; died in service 2 Sep 51 Ft Campbell, KY; buried in St Luke's Church Cemetery, Veseleyville, ND.

born Ramsey County, ND 1 Aug 21; resident Cavalier County, ND; entered AUS Ft Snelling, MN 21 Oct 42; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; KIA 5 Jul 44 France; buried in Plot C, Row 1, Grave 6, Normandy, France.

born Portland, ND 15 May 19; resident Traill County, ND; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 12 Nov 43; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; KIA 8 Jan 45 Belgium; buried in Block 2, Row D, Lot 19, Norwegian Lutheran Cemetery, Hatton, ND.

born Krem, ND 9 Jan 19; resident Mercer County, ND; entered AUS Ft Lawton, Washington 3 Jul 40; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; KIA 1 Apr 43 North Africa; buried in Lot 78, Grave 4, Section 7, St Mathew's Lutheran Cemetery, Hazen, ND.