State Heroes
1945
Private First Class Stanley H. Keller
World War II
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
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: February 05, 1945 / Age: 24
Died in service in Brooklyn, New York
1945
Pvt. Maurice C. Keller
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 319th Infantry Regiment, 80th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: January 08, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action near Luxembourg.
1969
Colonel Wendell Richard Keller
Fargo, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 433rd Tactical Figher Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 8th Tactical Fighter Wing
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 7th Air Force
Date of Loss: March 01, 1969 / Age: 40
On March 1, 1969, Keller and Meroney were the crew of an F-4D Phantom II aircraft that crashed while carrying out a nighttime strike mission in Khammouan Province, Laos. Nearby U.S. aircrews reported seeing the aircraft hit by enemy fire.
1918
Pvt. Edward Keller
Fremont, SDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 313th Ammunition Trains, 88th Division
Date of Loss: October 03, 1918 / Age: 28
Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 3, 1918.
Buried, Grave 37, Row 8, Block B, Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Claude W. Keller
Glenburn, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: March 01, 1918 / Age: 28
Killed in action on March 1, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on June 21, 1921, and consigned to George Keller, Goble, Mich. (place of burial unknown).
1918
Wagoner William Raymond Kelley
World War I
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, NDWounded in action.
1943
Private Ramon L. Kelly
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: July 02, 1943 / Age: 27
Killed in action in Rendova, Southwest Pacific
1943
Sgt. William J. Kelly
World War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 531st Bomber Squadron, 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.
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
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.
1969
Captain John Edward Kelly Jr
Bismarck, ND
Vietnam
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.
1944
Pvt.1st Class John Raymond Kelner
Park River, NDBranch of Service: Marines
Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age:
Died while in Prisoner of War status.
1973
Machinist's Mate Kenneth John Kelsch
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: May 10, 1973 / Age: 19
Died in service in a car accident in Idaho Falls, ID while stationed there.