ND Veterans Affairs News: State

born Wing, ND 25 Apr 22; resident Burleigh County, ND; entered AUS Bismarck, ND 4 Aug 43; died in service 9 Jun 45 Sebring, Fla; buried in Plot 41, Row 1, Block 1, Union Cemetery, Wing, ND

born Enderlin, ND 8 Dec 19; resident Foster County, ND; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 9 May 42; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; KIA 26 May 45 Japan; buried in Plot Q, Grave 631, National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii.

born Pittsburgh, Pa 27 Jan 19; resident Grand Forks County, ND; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 17 Feb 41; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; KIA 16 Jan 45 Luzon, PI; buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Grand Forks, ND.

born Bismarck, ND 19 Feb 24; resident Burleigh County, ND; entered USMC Mpls, Minn 10 Jul 43; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; died in service 23 Jul 44 Guam; buried in Saint Mary's Cemetery, Bismarck, ND

born Fargo, ND 27 Apr 13; resident Cass County, ND; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 20 Jul 42; died in service 17 Jun 44 Camp Crowder, MO; burial place unk.

born Morton County, ND 23 Apr 20; resident Morton County, ND; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 15 Sep 42; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; KIA 27 May 45 Okinawa; buried in Plot 230, Row 9, Grave 4, Mandan Union Cemetery, Mandan, ND.

born Poplar, Montana 8 Jul 20; resident Rolette County, ND; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 21 May 42; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; KIA 12 May 44 Italy; buried in Plot 2, Section 3, Block 14, St Louis Cemetery, Dunseith, ND.

born Devils Lake, ND 14 Apr 20; resident Walsh County, ND; entered AUS Grafton, ND 10 Feb 41; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; KIA 22 Nov 42 Guadalcanal; buried in Lot 34, Grave 6, Crescent Cemetery, Grafton, ND

Paul D Morgan was born in Kenmare, Eddy County, North Dakota on September 17, 1917, to Clyde G and Lydia Lucille Cunningham Fujiwara Morgan. He entered the United States Marine Corps in Seattle, Washington on September 17, 1935, and served in the Asiatic Pacific Theater. Sergeant Morgan was killed in action on March 7, 1945, in Iwo Jima, Ogasawara-shicho, Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. He is buried in Grave 7, Section D, National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii. Sergeant Morgan received the Purple Heart. 

Josephy Donald Morgan was born in Englevale, Ransom County, North Dakota on July 14, 1918, to Patrick H and Mary T Morgan. He became a resident of Dickey County, North Dakota and entered the United States Army at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on June 25, 1941. Technician Fourth Grade Morgan served European African Middle Eastern Theater and died in service on May 19, 1945, in Germany.  He is buried in Family Plot, Saint Charles Catholic Cemetery, Catholic Section Block 1, Lot 10, Grave B, Oakes, North Dakota.