State Heroes
1917
Seaman 2c Claudius Andrew LaLone
World War I
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Naval Hospital, New York
Date of Loss: June 14, 1917 / Age: 17
Died in Naval Hospital, New York, on June 14, 1917.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1945
Private Leo C. Lambert
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 129th Infantry Regiment A/S Infantry
Date of Loss: January 30, 1945 / Age: 28
Killed in action in Luzon, Philippine Islands
1918
Sgt. Herbert R. Lambrecht
Casselton, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 347th Infantry
Date of Loss: November 11, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of lobar pneumonia on Nov. 11, 1918.
Buried, Nov. 13, 1918, at Gievres, Loir et Cher, France. Remains returned to U. S. on Nov. 10, 1920, and buried at Casselton, N. Dak.
1945
Captain John Landdeck Jr.
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: April 14, 1945 / Age: 29
Killed in action in Cebu, Philippine Islands
1944
PFC Richard Landenberger
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 129th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: March 24, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1918
Carl Elmer Landers
Kenaston, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 139th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 21
Killed in action, on Sept. 26, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 26, 1921, and buried at Kenaston, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1944
2nd Lt. Wellington E. Landis
World War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 788th Bomber Squadron, 467th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Loss: April 22, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action. Lt. Landis was the Navigator on Lt. James Roden's B-24 crew. He was killed when their aircraft was shot down while returning from a mission over Hamm, Germany.
1918
James Landphere
Belmond, IAWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 139th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 30
Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.
Buried in Grave 16, Row 10, Block G, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1943
Pvt. Lloyd F. Landscoot
Jamestown, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Army
Date of Loss: February 03, 1943 / Age: 26
Killed in action in Greenland.
1945
Private Morris C. Landsem
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 720th Military Police Battalion
Date of Loss: August 27, 1945 / Age: 24
Died in service in Luzon, Philippine Islands
1918
Pvt. Clifford Lane
Crystal, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 362nd Infantry Regiment, 91st Division
Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action, on Sept. 29, 1918.
Buried, Grave 1, Row 9, Block G, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1942
Sergeant First Class Virgil A. Lane
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 164th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: Americal Division
Date of Loss: November 21, 1942 / Age: 22
Virgil Lane was killed Nov. 21, 1942, on Guadalcanal while serving with the 164th North Dakota Infantry Regiment in World War II. The Hillsboro Lane-Osmon Veterans of Foreign Wars post is named in honor of Virgil's memory.
1951
Private First Class Arthur G. Lang
Mercer County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 19th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 24th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 23, 1951 / Age:
1945
PFC Leonard I. Langager
Mayville, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 333rd Infantry Regiment, 84th Infantry Division, 1st Battalion, C Company
Date of Loss: April 13, 1945 / Age:
US Army Infantry
Killed in action by a sniper the last day of the war in the Netherlands.
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1944
PFC Herman E. Lange
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 329th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 27, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near France.