State Heroes

1944

Aviation Cadet Donald B. Keller

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: January 06, 1944 / Age: 20

Died in service in Berry, Arizona

1953

Private George E. Keller

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: July 31, 1953 / Age: 22

Died in service at Ft Leonard Wood, MO

1918

Wilt Edwin Keller

Hatton, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 19th Company, Machine Gun Training Camp

Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 21

Died of influenza on Oct. 10, 1918.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Information found in Volume 2, page 1644 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

1945

Private First Class Stanley H. Keller

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Marines

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 27th Marines Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 5th Marine Division

Date of Loss: February 19, 1945 / Age: 20

Killed in action in Iwo Jima

1945

Gunner's Mate 2nd Class William Keller

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: February 05, 1945 / Age: 24

Died in service in Brooklyn, New York

1945

Private Maurice C. Keller

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 319th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 80th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: January 08, 1945 / Age:

Killed in action near Luxembourg.

1918

Wagoner William Raymond Kelley

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 465th Engineers Pontoon Train

Date of Loss: November 28, 1918 / Age: 32

Drowned, accidentally, in the Moselle River, Nov. 28, 1918.

Buried, Grave 30, Row 12, Block B, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.

Pvt. Paul E. Kelling

New England, ND

Wounded in action.

1951

Private First Class Louis C. Kelly

Sioux County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 19th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 24th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: October 15, 1951 / Age:

1968

Lance Corporal Douglas Milton Kelly

Dickinson, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 3rd Battalion

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 7th Marine Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Marine Division

Date of Loss: July 28, 1968 / Age: 21

On the morning of 28 July Company K moved out from the village complex of Da Hoa in an area known to the Marines as "DODGE CITY' towards the east, the third platoon began to receive some harassing rifle fire which ceased abruptly.

1943

Private Ramon L. Kelly

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: July 02, 1943 / Age: 27

Killed in action in Rendova, Southwest Pacific

1943

Sergeant William J. Kelly

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 531st Bomber Squadron

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 380th Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Loss: June 11, 1943 / Age:

Died while in MIA status. Killed during a mission near Koepang, Dutch Timor on a B-24D aircraft.

1969

Captain John Edward Kelly Jr

Bismarck, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Battalion

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 101st Airborne Division

Date of Loss: July 25, 1969 / Age: 25

Captain Kelly was Killed in Action and a ground casualty in Thua Thien, South Vietnam from hostile multiple fragmentation wounds.