ND Veterans Affairs News: State

born Williston, ND 27 Sep 24; resident Williams County, ND; entered AU Ft Snelling, MN 15 Mar 44; died in service 14 Oct 45 Jet, Oklahoma; buried in Family Plot, Row Westside, Grave 1, Riverview Cemetery, Williston, ND.

born Buchanan, ND 19 Jan 17; resident Stutsman County, ND; entered AUS Ft Snelling, MN 30 Mar 42; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; KIA 6 Jul 44 Normandy, France; buried in Division C, NW 1/4, Block 7, Grave 5, Section F, Highland Home Cemetery, Jamestown, ND.

born Warren, MN 22 Jun 22; resident Cass County, ND; entered AUS Omaha, Nebraska 30 Aug 42; died in service 11 Nov 43 Romulus, Michigan; buried in Section 8, Grave 6262, East Half, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virgina.

born Warren, MN 22 Jul 91; resident Cass County, ND; entered US Army MacDill Field, Florida 15 Jul 40; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; died in service 14 Jun 43 Queensland, Australia; buried in Section 8, Grave 6264, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virgina.

First Lieut. Lance A. Pousette, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Pousette of Cooperstown, has been reported missing in action over France, according to a war department message received by his parents. Lieut. Pousette was pilot of a fighter plane, a Thunderbolt P47B, a single seater, and has been in combat over Europe for about three months. He had seen action over several European countries including Germany, Holland, Belgium and France. He was a member of the Eighth AAF Fighter group and had been stationed in England, where he was assistant operations officer of his unit.

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.