State Heroes
1941
Seaman Second Class Charles H. Johannes
Foxholm, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Oklahoma
Date of Loss: December 07, 1941 / Age:
Died while in MIA status. Crew member aboard the USS Oklahoma, killed during the attack on Pearl Harbor along with 428 fellow crewmen.
North Dakotans lost on the Oklahoma:
1918
James Johannson
World War I (WWI)
Date of Loss: November 11, 1918 / Age:
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information NOT found in the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1920
John Alfred Johanson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 352nd Infantry
Date of Loss: January 14, 1920 / Age: 27
Died of tuberculosis on Jan. 14, 1920.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1525 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Pvt. James G. John
Epworth, ND
World War I (WWI)
Date of Loss: November 11, 1918 / Age:
Died of wounds.
Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information NOT found in the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Pvt. Angus Guy John
Gandy, NE
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 139th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division
Date of Loss: September 30, 1918 / Age: 27
Killed in action in the Argonne campaign, France, Sept. 30, 1918.
Buried, Grave 36, Row 4, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1967
Private Kenneth Leo Johner
Noonan, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 3rd Marine Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 3rd Marine Division
Date of Loss: March 21, 1967 / Age: 20
Killed in action in Quang Tri, South Vietnam through hostile action by small arms fire.
1918
Pvt. John Edgar Johnson
Homestead, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 127th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 11, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1562 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Walter Johnson
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age:
Died at Army Training Corps
1919
Pvt. Homer Pearl Johnson
Carson, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 140th Infantry
Date of Loss: January 11, 1919 / Age: 26
Died of diphtheria, at Embarkation Hospital, Newport News, Va., on Jan. 11, 1919.
Buried at Carson, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1967
Constructionman Melvin Edward Johnson
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: October 08, 1967 / Age: 21
Died in service in Thua Thien, South Vietnam in non-hostile action in an air crash in a fixed wing.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Herman Edwin Johnson
Landa, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 110th Infantry Regiment, 28th Division
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Oct. 6, 1918.
Buried, Grave 40, Row 1, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1943
Technical Sergeant Albert C. Johnson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 9th AAF Bomber Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 7th Bomber Group
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 10th Air Force
Date of Loss: December 01, 1943 / Age: 37
Johnson was the flight engineer on B-24J #42-73183, serving with the 10th Air Force. They were part of a formation of B-24s on a bombing mission to Insein, Burma, near Rangoon.
1918
Bert M. Johnson
Penn, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 308th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action, at Argonne Forest on Oct. 8, 1918.
Buried in Grave 3, Section 94, Plot No. 1, Argonne-American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Cpl. Herby LeRoy Johnson
Park River, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 319th Aero Service Squadron
Date of Loss: November 11, 1918 / Age: 27
Died, automobile accident, at Stamford, England, on Nov. 11, 1918.
Buried at Stamford, England. Remains returned to U. S. on April 20, 1920, and buried in Grave 115, Arlington National Cemetery, Va.
1945
Seaman Second Class Arne G. Johnson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: June 12, 1945 / Age: 18
Killed in action in the Pacific Area