State Heroes
1944
Staff Sergeant Leo F. Baumgartner
Strasburg, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 957th Field Artillery Battalion
Date of Loss: July 25, 1944 / Age: 28
Killed in action at the beginning of operation Cobra.
1944
Sergeant John Baumstarck
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 337th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 85th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: August 24, 1944 / Age: 18
Killed in action in Italy.
1952
Private First Class Keith Robert Bayley
Page, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Weapons Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 7th Marine Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Marine Division
Date of Loss: October 27, 1952 / Age: 23
1945
Sergeant Rex I. Beach
Pingree Township, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1896th Engineer Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: Aviation
Date of Loss: January 12, 1945 / Age: 25
Died while in MIA status - buried at sea.
1967
Private First Class Kenyon Elroy Bean
Williston, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 35th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 25th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: May 19, 1967 / Age: 20
As PFC Bean's platoon advanced, it was fired upon by a Viet Cong force estimated at battalion size. The fire came from a system of strongly fortified bunkers, and was so intense that the platoon could not maneuver.
1918
Cpl. Howard B. Bean
Oakes, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 16th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 22, 1918 / Age: 29
Died on July 22, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 29, 1921, and consigned to Livingston Bean, Oakes, N. Dak. (Place of burial unknown).
1950
Private First Class Elmer Bear
McLean County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 23rd Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 2nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 26, 1950 / Age:
1917
Ernst C. Bearson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: December 09, 1917 / Age: 23
Died of broncho pneumonia on Dec. 9, 1917.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 1, page 205 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1951
Private First Class Clyde Bearstail
McLean County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 31st Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 7th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 08, 1951 / Age:
1944
Private Ivan C. Beatty
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 3rd Armored Amphibian Battalion, Amphibian Team Group, Fleet Marine Force.
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 3rd Armored Amphibian Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: Amphibian Team Group
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: Fleet Marine Force
Date of Loss: September 15, 1944 / Age: 20
Killed in action in Peleliu Island, Palau Islands
1943
Aviation Ordnanceman's Mate Third Class Omer L. Beauchamp
Olga, ND
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Liscome Bay (CVE-56)
Date of Loss: November 24, 1943 / Age:
Reported missing after the torpedoing of the escort aircraft carrier, USS Liscome Bay, near the Gilbert Islands, Kiribati. Remains not recovered.
1918
Private Charles William Beck
Hot Springs, AR
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 18th Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: July 18, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action at Soissons, France, on July 18, 1918.
Buried, Grave 2, Row 36, Block A, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Howard Mayland Beck
Granville, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery B, 321st Field Artillery
Date of Loss: November 02, 1918 / Age: 26
Killed in action on Nov. 2, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 10, 1921, and Buried in Grave 3712, European Section, Arlington National Cemetery, Va.
1918
Pvt. Emil G. Beck
Fessenden, ND
World War I (WWI)
Date of Loss: November 11, 1918 / Age:
Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information NOT found in the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.