State Heroes
1918
Harry Eugene Lahman
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 338th Machine Gun Battalion
Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Oct. 12, 1918.
Buried in Grave 35, Row 23, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Seaman 2c Claudius Andrew LaLone
World War I (WWI)
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 (WWII)
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
Sgt. Herbert R. Lambrecht
Casselton, ND
World War I (WWI)
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 (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: April 14, 1945 / Age: 29
Killed in action in Cebu, Philippine Islands
Private First Class Richard Landenberger
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 129th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 37th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: March 24, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
Carl Elmer Landers
Kenaston, ND
World War I (WWI)
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.
Second Lieutenant Wellington E. Landis
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 788th Bomber Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 129th Infantry Regiment
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, IA
World War I (WWI)
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
Private Lloyd F. Landscoot
Jamestown, ND
World War II (WWII)
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 (WWII)
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
1942
Sergeant First Class Virgil A. Lane
World War II (WWII)
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.
1918
Pvt. Clifford Lane
Crystal, ND
World War I (WWI)
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.
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
Private First Class Leonard I. Langager
Mayville, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: C Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: First Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 333rd Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 84th Infantry Division
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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