State Heroes

1944

PFC Reynold T. Larson

Souris, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 51st Infantry Battalion, 4th Armored Division

Date of Loss: September 20, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action in France.

1944

Sgt. Louis Larson

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 359th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: July 26, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near France.

1918

Henry Ludvig Larson

Hannaford, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 36th Company, 161st Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 23

Died of pneumonia at Camp Grant, Ill., on Oct. 10, 1918.

Buried at Hannaford, N. Dak.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

1944

Pvt. Lewis R. Larson

World War II

Branch of Service: Air Force

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 30th Bomber Squadron, 19th Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age:

Died while in POW status. Killed aboard a Japanese ship when it was hit by torpedoes in the South China Sea. 

1944

Coxswain Leroy M. Larson

Dickey, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve

Date of Loss: March 18, 1944 / Age:

Died while in MIA status.

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, ND

World 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