State Heroes

1951

Private First Class Gene F. Klos

Mercer County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 35th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 25th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: March 07, 1951 / Age:

1944

PFC Robert H. Klose

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: August 07, 1944 / Age:

Brother to Staff Sergeant Kenneth A.

Staff Sgt. Kenneth A. Klose

Buchanan, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Air Force

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 506th Bomber Squadron, 44th Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Loss: March 22, 1943 / Age: 24

Brother to PFC Robert H.

Specialist 4 Douglas Clemens Klose

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A

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

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 28th Infantry Regiment

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

Date of Loss: October 27, 1968 / Age: 21

Specialist Four Klose was Killed in Action by a hostile explosive device in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam.

1950

Technical Sergeant Karl Vernon Kludt

McClusky, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Marines

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 548th "Nightfighter" Squadron

Date of Loss: September 24, 1950 / Age: 34

The plane he was in received a direct hit from anti-aircraft, exploded, and crashed into the Han River, very close to a power plant. His body was never recovered. 

1918

John Klukas

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 29

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 7, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 2, page 1699 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

1944

EM2 Adam Jack Klupp

Regent, ND

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age:

Died when Arisan Maru, transporting Allied Prisoners of War from the Philippines to Japan, was sunk by USS Shark (SS-314)

1944

Electrician's Mate 2c Adam J. Klupp

Regent, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy

Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age: 26

Died while in a POW camp.

1945

Corporal Ward H. Knable

World War II

Branch of Service: Air Force

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 673rd Bomber Squadron, 417th Bomber Group, Light

Date of Loss: February 12, 1945 / Age:

Died while in MIA status.

1944

Staff Sergeant Theodore Knapp

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 323rd Bomber Squadron

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 91st Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Loss: November 02, 1944 / Age: 21

Killed in action in Germany

Private Olaf Knapp

Binford, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 139th Infantry Regiment

Wounded, slightly, Sept. 30, 1918.

Engagements:

Offensive: Meuse Argonne.
Defensive Sectors: Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine); Gerardmer (Alsace).

1945

Major Richard J. Knapp

Binford ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: April 23, 1945 / Age: 25

Died in service in Rumkhapalong, India

1944

Major George W. Knauer

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 2675th Allied Control Regiment

Date of Loss: September 19, 1944 / Age:

Died while in MIA status.

1918

Pvt. Earl Laverne Kneeland

Winnebago, MN

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 139th Infantry

Date of Loss: November 12, 1918 / Age: 24

Died of pneumonia, on Nov. 12, 1918.

Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 1, 1921, and buried at Winnebago, Minn.

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

1943

Private First Class Edward N. Kniefel

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 161st Infantry Regiment

Date of Loss: August 01, 1943 / Age: 28

Killed in action in New Georgia