State Heroes
1970
Corporal David Allen Larson
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: B Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 8th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 4th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 27, 1970 / Age: 21
Military Region 2 in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam
Hostile, Ground casualty
Gun, small arms fire
1918
Arthur C. Larson
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 140th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action at Exermont, France, on Oct. 1, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on July 28, 1921, and buried in Grave 2444, European Section, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
1918
Thedor G. Larson
Nearson, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 140th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on Oct. 1, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 15, 1921, and buried at Nearson, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1919
Pvt.1st Class Philip Olvin Larson
Enderlin, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 317th Field Signal Battalion
Date of Loss: May 22, 1919 / Age: 24
Died at Camp Wadsworth, S. C., on May 22, 1919.
Buried at Enderlin, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Gilbert Joseph Larson
Ellsworth, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company No. 11, 20th Engineers
Date of Loss: August 06, 1918 / Age: 31
Died of influenza on Aug. 6, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Nov. 2, 1920, and buried in Grand Prairie Cemetery, Ellsworth, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
John M. Larson
Houston, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 140th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on Oct. 1, 1918.
Buried, Grave 22, Row 43, Block H, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Chris Emil Larson
Mt. Carroll, ILWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 138th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on Oct. 1, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Feb. 25, 1922, and buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Mt. Carroll, Ill.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1945
Private First Class Homer J. Latendresse
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 185th Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: April 20, 1945 / Age: 36
Killed in action in Negros, Philippine Islands
1968
Specialist 4 David John Latraille
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 101st Airborne Division
Date of Loss: March 06, 1968 / Age: 20
Killed in action in Thua Thien, South Vietnam from hostile small arms fire.
1945
Private David A. Latraille
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: January 29, 1945 / Age: 20
Died in service in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
1943
Fireman 1st Class Ramon V. Laughlin
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: April 10, 1943 / Age: 31
Died in service in Gulfport, Mississippi
1919
Cpl. Thomas George Laughlin
Grand Forks, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: March 22, 1919 / Age: 22
Accidentally killed by passenger train, in France, on March 22, 1919.
Remains returned to U. S. on July 7, 1922, and consigned to James Laughlin, Grand Forks, N. Dak. (place of burial not given).
1953
Private First Class James P. Laughy
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 3rd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 5th Marine Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Marine Division
Date of Loss: February 27, 1953 / Age: 22
Private First Class Laughy was a member of the 1st Marine Division. He was Wounded in Action while fighting the enemy in Korea and died of those wounds on February 27, 1953.
1918
James Lauritsen
World War I
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.
1945
Private First Class Joseph E. Lautz
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 274th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 70th Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: February 18, 1945 / Age: 29
Killed in action in France