State Heroes
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.
1917
John Herbert Jones
Wahpeton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: December 27, 1917 / Age: 21
Died of pneumonia, at New York, N. Y., on Dec. 27, 1917.
Buried at Wahpeton, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Horace Mann Jones Jr.
Fargo, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Medical Department
Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 18
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 12, 1918.
Buried at Fargo, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1944
Second Lieutenant Benjamin E. Jones, Jr.
Bismarck, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 38th Infantry Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: Seventh Armored Division
Date of Loss: December 04, 1944 / Age: 25
Died during surgery to amputate his leg which was severely wounded due to a fire fight with a machine gun nest.
1918
Cpl. Philip Edward Joos
Jamestown, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 139th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 28
Killed in action on Sept. 29, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 17, 1921, and buried at Jamestown, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Mercer and Stutsman counties.
1945
Technical Sergeant Louis O. Joos
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 359th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: January 10, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action near Belgium.
1945
Private First Class James E. Jordan
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 33rd Armored Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 3rd Armored Division
Date of Loss: January 11, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action near Belgium.
1918
Pvt. Knute Jorgenson
Grand Forks, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 128th Infantry
Date of Loss: November 10, 1918 / Age: 26
Killed in action on Nov. 10, 1918.
Buried in France. Reburied in East Walle Cemetery, Grand Forks county, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Kent Jorgenson
Thompson, ND
World War I (WWI)
Date of Loss: November 11, 1918 / Age:
Killed in action.
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. Andrew Jorgenson
Kansal [sic] (possibly Kensal), ND
World War I (WWI)
Date of Loss: November 11, 1918 / Age:
Died of disease.
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.
1944
Private Donald R. Jorve
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 22, 1944 / Age: 22
Killed in action in France
1944
Staff Sergeant Harold G. Josewski
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 567th Bomber Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 389th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Loss: April 10, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action in a crash over Normandy. Crew member of the aircraft "Flak Magnet".
1952
Private First Class Boyd Laverne Jothen
Crosby, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: A Battery
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 54th Field Artillery Group
Date of Loss: July 19, 1952 / Age: 23