State Heroes

1918

Jacob Klein

Dickinson, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 78th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 03, 1918 / Age: 24

Died of broncho penumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 3, 1918.

Buried at Dickinson, N. Dak.

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

1967

Private First Class Garry Dean Klein

Mott, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 9th Marines Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 3rd Marine Division

Date of Loss: May 27, 1967 / Age: 20

PFC Klein was Killed in Action in Quang Tri, South Vietnam from hostile artillery rocket mortar. 

1965

Private First Class Terrance P. Klein

Vietnam Conflict

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 38th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 2nd Infantry Division

Date of Loss: June 15, 1965 / Age: 23

Died while in service

1945

Private First Class Clarence Klein

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 383rd Infantry Regiment

Date of Loss: April 08, 1945 / Age: 24

Killed in action in Okinawa

1945

Radioman 1st Class Leland D. Klein

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: August 13, 1945 / Age: 21

Killed in action in Okinawa

1943

Private Benjamin Kleinsasser

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 41st Field Artillery Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: Third Infantry Division

Date of Loss: August 05, 1943 / Age:

Killed in action near Italy.

1918

Jacob P. Kleinsasser

Max, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 313th Ammunition Train

Date of Loss: October 14, 1918 / Age: 27

Died in France, Oct. 14, 1918.

Buried in French-American Military Cemetery, France. Reburied in Lutheran Cemetery, Max, N. Dak.

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

2006

Specialist Chris Kleinwachter

Wahpeton, ND

Afghanistan Conflict

Branch of Service: National Guard

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 188th Air Defense Artillery

Date of Loss: November 30, 2006 / Age: 29

Died Nov. 30 of injuries sustained when his vehicle rolled over during combat operations in Ghazni, Afghanistan.

1941

Coxswain Chester F. Klesit

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: December 07, 1941 / Age: 33

Killed in action in the attack on Pearl Harbor

1954

Private First Class Chester G. Klepetka

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: June 04, 1954 / Age: 25

Died in service in Hankinson, ND

1918

Pvt.1st Class Bernt Randolph Kleveland

Mayville, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 39th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division

Date of Loss: September 07, 1918 / Age: 27

Died of wounds, about Sept. 7, 1918.

Buried, Grave 9, Row 6, Block C, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.

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

1918

Ole Kleven

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery B, 40th Field Artillery

Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 25

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 10, 1918.