State Heroes
1945
Tech. 4c John C. Knight
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 899th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Date of Loss: March 12, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action near Belgium.
1966
Specialist 4 Irvin Dale Knippelberg
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 4th Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 23rd Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 25th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: May 19, 1966 / Age: 27
Irvin Knippelberg was Killed in Action through hostile small arms fire in South Vietnam.
1918
Pvt. David Knittel
Napolean, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 140th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division
Date of Loss: October 02, 1918 / Age: 24
Died in Field Hospital, Buzancy, Germany, on Oct. 2, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 17, Row 11, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Pvt. Orville LeRoy Knoph
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 17
Killed in action, Oct. 8, 1918.
Buried in Grave No. 10, Row 28, Block G, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Ambrose Soren Knudson
Sturgeon Bay, WIWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 31, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action, Oct. 31, 1918.
Buried, Gave 32, Row 6, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1923
Pvt. Emanuel Knudtson
Washburn, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 128th Infantry
Date of Loss: January 15, 1923 / Age: 32
Died at the US Veterans Hospital, Minneapolis, Minn., on Jan. 15, 1923.
Buried at Washburn, N. Dak., Jan. 20, 1923.
Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Louis Charles Knuth
Balfour, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company No. 33, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: November 06, 1918 / Age: 30
Died of pneumonia, at Balfour, N. Dak., on Nov. 6, 1918.
Buried at Balfour, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1945
Staff Sergeant Ernest F. Knutson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 358th Air Baser Squadron Army Corps
Date of Loss: March 13, 1945 / Age: 23
Died in service in Blythe, California
1944
Technical Sergeant Harold M. Knutson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 379th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 95th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 06, 1944 / Age: 24
Killed in action in Germany
1946
Coxswain Leslie A. Knutson
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: April 08, 1946 / Age: 19
Died in service on Wake Island
1944
Staff Sergeant Arthur S. Knutson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 333 Field Artillary BN 38 Infantry Division
Date of Loss: May 12, 1944 / Age: 25
Killed in Action 12 May 1944, Italy.
Buried in Evanger Cemetery Norma North Dakota.
Name included on page 784 of Register of North Dakota Veterans World War II1941-1945.
1918
Oluf Knutson
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 58th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 30
Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918.
Buried in Grave 12, Row 39, Block G, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Pvt. Olaf Knutson
Hatton, NDBranch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 58th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division
Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age:
Killed in action.
1944
PFC James A. Knutson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 6th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron
Date of Loss: December 02, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near France.
1944
MoMM1c Gilmore J. Knutson
Sherwood, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: February 29, 1944 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.
Killed in action on the USS Trout in the Philippines Basin.