State Heroes
1945
Seaman 1c Lorrin R. Koapke
Minot, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: January 10, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1918
Stanislys Kobelanski
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 33rd Company, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 9, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1718 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1943
Seaman Apprentice Lavern M. Koch
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: March 06, 1943 / Age: 19
Died in service in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
1918
Pvt. Henry Frank Koch
Deering, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 137th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division
Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918.
Buried in Grave 30, Row 33, Block B, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1944
Private Julius J. Koehler
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: March 10, 1944 / Age: 35
Died in service at Camp Rimini, Montana
1918
Pvt. Edward Koehler
Eckman, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 358th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 12, 1918 / Age: 29
Killed in action on Sept. 12, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on June 28, 1921, and buried at Glenburn, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1944
Seaman 1c Frank S. Koehn
Valley City, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: December 28, 1944 / Age: 20
Died while in MIA status.
2004
Staff Sergeant Lance J. Koenig
Fargo, ND
Iraq (OIF/OND/OIR)
Branch of Service: National Guard
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 141st Engineer Battalion
Date of Loss: September 22, 2004 / Age: 33
Killed Sept. 22 when an improvised explosive device detonated while he was conducting a dismounted patrol in Tikrit, Iraq.
1945
Sergeant Richard B. Koenig
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: Headquarters Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 5th Air Base Group
Date of Loss: January 30, 1945 / Age: 45
Died as a prisoner of war in the Pacific area
1944
Sgt. Earl D. Koenig
Underwood, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 863rd Bomber Squadron, 493rd Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Loss: June 06, 1944 / Age: 19
Died while in MIA status.
1942
Corporal Wilbur Kohnke
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 164th Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: November 23, 1942 / Age: 27
1918
Mike Koller
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 355th Infantry
Date of Loss: August 14, 1918 / Age: 24
Died on Aug. 14, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 12, Row 23, Block C, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Alfred T. Kongslie
Upham, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 110th Infantry
Date of Loss: November 08, 1918 / Age: 29
Died on Nov. 8, 1918, at Base Hospital No. 8, Savenay, France, of wounds received in action.
Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 22, 1920, and buried at Upham, N. Dak.
1969
Staff Sergeant James Claire Kopseng
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 35th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 4th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: May 14, 1969 / Age: 21
Sergeant Kopseng was Killed in Action by a hostile explosive device in Pleiku, South Vietnam.
1966
Lance Corporal Allan James Korom
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Battery
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 12th Marine Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 3rd Marine Division
Date of Loss: May 22, 1966 / Age: 19
West of Da Nang, in the Hoa Van District of Quang Nam Province a vehicle overturned resulting in the death of two Marines, one of the casualties was Lance Corporal Korom from the injuries he sustained.