State Heroes
1943
2nd Lieutenant Arthur R. Kuntz
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: February 28, 1943 / Age: 24
Died in service in Avon Park, Florida
1945
2nd Lieutenant Pius G. Kuntz
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 392nd AAF Fighter Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 367th fighter group
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 9th Air Force
Date of Loss: March 26, 1945 / Age: 24
On 25 March 1945, flying a P-47D Thunderbolt fighter, Pius was on a dive bombing mission, the target was in Aschaffenburg. He was shot down near Dettingen Germany by enemy flak. The Kuntz family requested the body be returned to North Dakota.
1952
Private First Class Nickolaus Kuntz
Grant County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 160th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 40th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: October 22, 1952 / Age:
1971
Communications Technician Collection Petty Officer 2nd Class John A. Kuntz
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: June 04, 1971 / Age: 25
Died in service in Ryukyu Islands.
1944
Private First Class Philip E. Kupper
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: July 23, 1944 / Age: 29
Killed in action in France
1918
Pvt. Peter Kurske
Appleton, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: May 12, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on May 12, 1918.
Returned to U. S., Nov. 3, 1922. Buried, Grave 4573, World War Section, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Robert Kurtz
Kulm, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Air Service
Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia at Fort Wayne, Mich., on Oct. 12, 1918.
Buried at Kulm, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Ignace Kushnir
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 27
Killed in action on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried, Grave 8, Row 29, 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
Joseph William Kusie
Dickinson, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 5th Separate Battalion
Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 23
Wounded in action on Oct. 3, 1918, and died on Oct. 4, 1918.
Buried in Miomandre Hospital Cemetery, Suippes (Marne), France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1941
Radioman 3c Donald J. Kusie
Dickinson, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Arizona
Date of Loss: December 07, 1941 / Age: 20
Died while in MIA status after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Remains not recovered.
1968
Private First Class Florian Henry Kuss
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 196th Light Infantry Brigade
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Infantry Division
Date of Loss: January 05, 1968 / Age: 21
Florian was killed in action with 8 other soldiers in Vietnam when their night position came under attack.
1952
Private First Class Harold Kvam
Williams County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 7th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 3rd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 26, 1952 / Age:
1944
Staff Sgt. Robert W. Kvenmoen
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 358th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: September 09, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near France.
1918
Alvin O. Kvenshagen
Northwood, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 23rd Infantry
Date of Loss: October 02, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action, at Mont Blanc Ridge, Champagne Sector, on Oct. 2, 1918.
1917
Bernhard Seivert Kyllo
Churchs Ferry, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 50th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Date of Loss: February 01, 1917 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Feb. 1, 1917.
Buried in Villers Station Military Cemetery, Cabaret Rouge, Villers-au-Bois, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Ward county.