State Heroes
1945
Fire Controlman 2c William S. Jones
Verona, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy
Date of Loss: December 15, 1945 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.
1918
Wagoner Rushton Michel Jones
World War I
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
Horace Mann Jones Jr.
Fargo, NDWorld War I
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
2nd Lt. Benjamin E. Jones, Jr.
Bismarck, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 38th Infantry Battalion, 7th 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, NDWorld War I
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
Tech. Sgt. Louis O. Joos
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 359th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: January 10, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action near Belgium.
1945
PFC James E. Jordan
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 33rd Armored Regiment, 3rd Armored Division
Date of Loss: January 11, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action near Belgium.
1918
Pvt. Knute Jorgenson
Grand Forks, NDWorld War I
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, NDWorld War I
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), NDWorld War I
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
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 22, 1944 / Age: 22
Killed in action in France
1944
Staff Sgt. Harold G. Josewski
World War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 567th Bomber Squadron, 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
1918
Pvt. John Raymond Joyce
Crosby, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: May 17, 1918 / Age: 19
Died on May 17, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on April 5, 1921, and buried at Crosby, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1969
1st Lieutenant John Morris Joyce
Minot, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 3rd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 26th Marines Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 3rd Marine Division
Date of Loss: April 17, 1969 / Age: 24
In April the Battalion was participating in Operation OKLAHOMA HILLS under the OPCON (Operational Control) of the 7th Marines, and on April 17 Company K discovered an NVA Base Camp just north of Hill 1050 (Nui Doi Dat) in the Thuong Duc District of Qua