State Heroes
1945
Corporal Harvey W. Johnson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 11th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: Fifth Infantry Division
Date of Loss: March 24, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action near France.
1918
Private Walter L. Johnson
World War I (WWI) Student Army Training Corps (SATC)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps
Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age: 21
Died while serving as a member of the Student Army Training Corps on the UND campus in Grand Forks during the 1918 flu pandemic. Name included on the UND S.A.T.C. website
1944
Private Willard R. Johnson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 18th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Infantry Division
Date of Loss: October 19, 1944 / Age: 20
Killed in action in Germany
1944
Staff Sergeant Gahlord G. Johnson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 135th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 34th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 08, 1944 / Age: 25
Killed in action near Italy.
1918
Ben Carlot Johnson
Cooperstown
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 2nd Separate Machine Gun Battalion
Date of Loss: November 20, 1918 / Age: 30
Died of pneumonia on Nov. 20, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1534 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1941
Fireman First Class Edward Dale Johnson
New Rockford, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Oklahoma
Date of Loss: December 07, 1941 / Age: 24
Died while in MIA status. Crew member aboard the USS Oklahoma, killed during the attack on Pearl Harbor along with 428 fellow crewmen. Edward Dale Johnson died along with USS Oklahoma crewman from North Dakota.
1944
Private First Class Dennis E. Johnson
Grafton, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 17th Infantry Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 12th Armored Division
Date of Loss: December 09, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near France.
1918
Alfred Elie Johnson
Frost, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 3rd Pioneer Infantry
Date of Loss: September 27, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia, on Sept. 27, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Dec. 16, 1921, and buried in Emerald Cemetery, Frost, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Mountrail county.
1918
Leonard Levine Johnson
Kane, PA
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 139th Infantry
Date of Loss: November 03, 1918 / Age: 23
Died on Nov. 3, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Remains returned to U. S. on June 1, 1921, and buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Kane, Pa.
Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1950
Private First Class William D. Johnson
Pembina County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 29th Regimental Combat Team
Date of Loss: September 01, 1950 / Age:
1944
Private Harold L. Johnson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 17, 1944 / Age: 34
Killed in action in Germany
1918
PFC Melvin T. Johnson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: June 01, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on May 1, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1572 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Howard Louis Johnson
Berthold, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 36th Company, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Grant, Ill., on Oct. 5, 1918.
Buried in Wildrose Cemetery, Berthold, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Sivert Johnson
Bottineau, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 47th Infantry
Date of Loss: August 08, 1918 / Age: 26
Died on Aug. 8, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried in France. Reburied at Bottineau, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Griggs county.
1918
Pvt. William Johnson
Glover, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: January 09, 1918 / Age: 20
Died of pneumonia, at Winchester, England, on Jan. 9, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. June 14, 1920, and buried in Grave 36, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.