State Heroes
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.
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.
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.
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
Elmer Miller Johnstad
Minneapolis, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 88th Spruce Squadron, Spruce Production Division
Date of Loss: July 24, 1918 / Age: 23
Died in Hospital at South Beach, Ore., on July 24, 1918.
Buried, Hillside Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1919
Sgt.1st Class Charles E. Johnston
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 875th Aero Repair Squadron
Date of Loss: June 01, 1919 / Age: 37
Died on June 1, 1919, at Base Hospital No. 91, of pneumonia.
Buried, Grave 16, Row 25, Block C, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.
1945
Staff Sergeant Kenneth G. Johnston
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 26, 1945 / Age: 24
Killed in action on the Palau Islands
1920
QMA1 John Joseph Jollie
St. John, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Naval Aeronautic Station, Pensacola, Fla.
Date of Loss: February 20, 1920 / Age: 31
Died at Naval Hospital, San Diego, Calif., on Feb. 20, 1920.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1971
Colonel Robert Leonard Jondahl
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Air Force
Date of Loss: June 10, 1971 / Age: 41
Died in service in Las Vegas, Nevada
1918
Hobart L. Jones
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Quartermaster Corps
Date of Loss: October 03, 1918 / Age: 21
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 3, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Dickey county.
1918
Cpl. Van David Jones
Rhane [sic] (possibly Rhame), ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 59th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 19, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on July 19, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Jan. 10, 1922, and buried in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 16, 1922.
1918
Wagoner Rushton Michel Jones
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Supply Company, 77th Infantry
Date of Loss: December 26, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Dec. 26, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Roland Whitie Jones
Kramer, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 352nd Infantry Regiment, 88th Division
Date of Loss: October 02, 1918 / Age: 27
Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 2, 1918.
Buried in Grave 2, Row 9, Block F, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Garrett Hobart Jones
Bantry, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 335th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 22
Died at Vauclaire, France, of broncho pneumonia, on Oct. 12, 1918.
Buried at Vauclaire, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1945
Fire Controlman Second Class William S. Jones
Verona, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy
Date of Loss: December 15, 1945 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.