State Heroes
1969
Staff Sergeant James Claire Kopseng
Vietnam Conflict
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 Conflict
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.
1918
Pvt. Arthur Korsmo
Fargo, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 137th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 23, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of cerebro spinal meningitis, at Turleville, France, on Oct. 23, 1918.
Buried at Turleville, France; remains returned to U. S. on July 19, 1921, and buried in Riverside Cemetery, Fargo, N. Dak.
1951
Corporal Donald D. Korte
Dickinson, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Cavalry Division
Date of Loss: October 10, 1951 / Age:
Killed in Action while attacking "Line Jamestown" during "Operation Commando" in North Korea.
1945
Electrician's Mate First Class Willie H. Korus
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: June 28, 1945 / Age: 26
Killed in action in Pacific Area
1944
Seaman Second Class Ambrose L. Kosmatka
Warsaw, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy
Date of Loss: April 25, 1944 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.
1944
Corporal Stanley J. Kosmatka
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 309th Field Artillery Battalion
Date of Loss: December 29, 1944 / Age: 28
Died in service in Germany
1945
Private First Class Timothy E. Kotaska
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 137th Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: March 05, 1945 / Age: 30
Died as a Prisoner Of War at Bad Soden-Salmunster Hospital (Serves Stalag 9-B) Bad Soden Hessen-Nassau, Prussia 50-09
1918
George William Koth
Sheyenne, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 53rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Hancock, Ga., on Oct. 4, 1918.
Buried at Sheyenne, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1920
Saddler Harry Kotschorek
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 1st Division Engineer Train
Date of Loss: September 27, 1920 / Age: 25
Died on Sept. 27, 1920, surgical shock following operation.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1944
Private First Class Elmer E. Kouba
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 379th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 95th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 17, 1944 / Age: 38
Killed in action in France
1944
Staff Sergeant John G. Kowalski
Park River, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 422nd Bomber Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 305th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Loss: July 05, 1944 / Age: 25
Died while in MIA status.
1952
Airman 3rd Class Leore J. Kowarsch
Branch of Service: Air Force
Date of Loss: August 09, 1952 / Age: 20
Died in service in Mobile, Alabama in a car accident
1918
Private Sydney Edgar Kraabel
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps UND Grand Forks ND
Date of Loss: October 19, 1918 / Age: 18
Died while serving as a member of the Student Army Training Corps on the UND campus in Grand Forks during the 1918 flu pandemic. Name included on the UND S.A.T.C. website
Buried at Hope Cemetery, Steele County, North Dakota.
1918
Private Sydney Edgar Kraabel
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps UND Grand Forks ND
Date of Loss: October 19, 1918 / Age: 18
Died while serving as a member of the Student Army Training Corps on the UND campus in Grand Forks during the 1918 flu pandemic. Name included on the UND S.A.T.C. website
Buried at Hope Cemetery, Steele County, North Dakota.