State Heroes
1944
Private First Class John Raymond Kelner
Park River, ND
Branch 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 Conflict
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.
1944
Private Michael Kempel
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 318th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 80th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 23, 1944 / Age: 34
Killed in action near Luxembourg.
1918
John William Kendrew
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 42nd Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 10, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1655 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1945
Ship's Cook Second Class Lawrence M. Kennedy
Pembina, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: January 27, 1945 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.
1945
Private First Class Lawrence E. Kennedy
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 351st Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 88th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 08, 1945 / Age: 22
Died in service in Italy
1951
Private First Class Michael L. Kennedy
Grand Forks 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: July 07, 1951 / Age:
1952
Sergeant First Class Duane E. Kent
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 15th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 3rd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 31, 1952 / Age: 21
Killed in action while fighting the enemy in North Korea.
1967
Staff Sergeant Ronald Leroy Kent
Page, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 35th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 25th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: January 20, 1967 / Age: 23
Killed in Action in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam from hostile small arms fire.
1972
1st Lieutenant Byron Kent Kulland
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Troop F
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 8th Cavalry Regiment, 196th Light Infantry Brigade
Date of Loss: April 02, 1972 / Age: 24
In Quang Tri, South Vietnam
Hostile, died while missing, Helicopter - Pilot Air Loss, Crash on Land
1918
George Alexander Kerian
Minto, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 23rd Company, Columbia Coas Artillery Corps
Date of Loss: October 19, 1918 / Age: 21
Died of broncho pneumonia at Fort Stevens, Ore., on Oct. 19, 1918.
Buried at Minto, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Charles Edward Kern
Pembina, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 362nd Infantry Regiment, 91st Division
Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Sept. 29, 1918.
Buried in Grave no. 40, Row 26, Block F, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1944
Private First Class Wilmer Kerner
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 314th Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: September 12, 1944 / Age: 23
Killed in action in France
1966
Lance Corporal Michael Henry Kessel
Dickinson, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: H&S Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 3rd Marine Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 3rd Marine Division
Date of Loss: September 03, 1966 / Age: 19
Lance Corporal Kessel was killed in action in Quang Nam, South Vietnam by hostile explosive device.
1922
Pvt. Fred Robert Ketcham
Havana, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 138th Infantry
Date of Loss: April 20, 1922 / Age: 28
Died at Englewood, Colo., on April 20, 1922.
Buried, Havana, N. Dak.
Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.