ND Veterans Affairs News: State

born Cooperstown, ND 26 Aug 21; resident Burleigh County, ND; entered AUS Bismarck, ND 10 Feb 41; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; KIA 22 Nov 42; Guadalcanal; buried in Lot 30, Block 5, SW 1/2, Sacred Heart Cemetery, Fargo, ND

born Goodrich, ND 28 Aug 19; resident Sheridan County, ND; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 6 May 41; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; KIA 17 Aug 43 Belgium; buried in Grave 10096, Block 13, Section C, Ft Snelling National Cemetery, Mpls, MN

born Grand Forks, ND 4 Dec 25; resident Cass County, ND; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 14 Jan 44; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; died in service 24 Mar 45 England; buried in Block U, South Park Addition, Riverside Cemetery, Fargo, ND

born Wheatland, ND 26 Feb 22; resident Cass County, ND; entered AUS Jefferson Barracks, Mo 19 Feb 43; died in service 8 Jan 45 Palacios, Tex; buried in Wheatland Cemetery, Wheatland, ND

born Dazey, ND 10 Mar 12; resident Barnes County, ND; entered AUS Valley City, ND 10 Feb 41; sep Camp Claiborne, La 12 Nov 41; PFC; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 9 May 42; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; KIA 23 May 44 Italy; buried in Row 16, Grave 1, Section 26, Block 16, Woodfine Cemetery, Valley City, ND.

born Edinburg, ND 18 Dec 18; resident Grand Forks County, ND; entered AUS Grand Forks, ND 1 Apr 41; died in service 3 May 42 Yakima, Wash; buried in Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery West, Buxton, ND.

born Carrington, ND 21 Aug 19; resident Cass County, ND; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 2 May 42; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; KIA 25 Dec 44 Germany; remains not recovered.

born Hanks, ND 11 Sep 23; resident Williams County, ND; entered US Navy Williston, ND 29 May 44; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; KIA 12 Apr 45 Okinawa; buried in Grave 565, Section E, National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Louis Fidelis Murphy was born in Grand Forks, Grand Forks County on August 10, 1917, to Louis Fidelis Murphy and Clara A DiCaire. He entered The United States Army Camp in Mullis, Texas on February 20, 1940, and served in the Asiatic Pacific Theater. Captain Murphy was captured in the Southwest Pacific Theatre, Philippine Islands. He was a Bataan Death March survivor and prisoner. He was listed on the roster of men from the hellship "Oryoku Maru" who were transported from Manila on December 13, 1944, to Fukuoka, Japan, POW Camp #1.

5; born Michigan, ND 21 Jul 14; resident Burleigh County, ND; entered AUS Little Falls, Minn 1 Aug 40; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; KIA 27 Jan 45 Tokas Harbor, Formosa; buried in the Tablets of the Missing in the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Philippine Islands.