State Heroes

Corporal Alfred Lavallie Jr.

Rolette County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 8th Cavalry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Cavalry Division

Date of Loss: October 10, 1951 / Age: 19

Private John F. Lavelle

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 333rd Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 84th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: December 06, 1944 / Age: 20

He was killed in action in Germany after being hit by a second mortar that came into the house where he was helping getting men out.

Coxswain Lawrence J. Lavey

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy

Date of Loss: November 13, 1942 / Age:

Died while in MIA status.

Private Joseph M. Laviolette

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 101st Airborne Division

Date of Loss: December 22, 1944 / Age: 21

Died in service in Bastogne, Belgium

Private Eugene Louis Lavoy Jr

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: H&S Company

Date of Loss: March 03, 1967 / Age: 20

Eugene died as a result of fragmentation wounds to the body when hostile 82MM mortar fire hit his living quarters at the Khe Sanh Combat Base.

Pvt. Benton L. Lawrence

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 262nd Infantry Regiment, 66th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: December 25, 1944 / Age:

Died while in MIA status. Killed aboard the Belgian Steamship "Leopoldville", when a German torpedo hit the ship.

Benjamin Emanuel Lawrence

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 306th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 26

Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.

Grave unlocated.

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

Private First Class William E. Lawrence

World War II

Branch of Service: Marines

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 1st Marines Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Marine Division

Date of Loss: September 15, 1944 / Age: 19

Killed in action in Peleliu, Palau Islands

Pvt.1st Class Paul N. Lawrence

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 164th Infantry

Date of Loss: August 01, 1918 / Age: 20

Died on Aug. 1, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 26, 1921, and buried in Wayland village cemetery, Wayland, N. Y.

Albert James Lawrence

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Canadian Expeditionary Force

Date of Loss: April 09, 1917 / Age: 15

Killed in action at Vimy Ridge, on April 9, 1917.

Buried at Givenchy-en-Gohelle.

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

1st Lieutenant Glenn N. Lawritson

World War II

Branch of Service: Air Force

Date of Loss: August 11, 1944 / Age: 44

Died in service in Ft Sam Houston, Texas

Pvt. Harry E. Lean Elk

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company No. 2, 138th Infantry

Date of Loss: June 17, 1918 / Age: 23

Died of broncho pneumonia in England on June 17, 1918.

Buried in England. Reburied in the Porcupine Cemetery, Sioux county, N. Dak., on Sept. 25, 1920.

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

Cpl. Axel Herman Leander

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 164th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 23

Killed in action on Oct. 8, 1918.

Buried in Grave 31, Row 4, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.