State Heroes
1944
Private First Class Frank C. Letzring
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 13, 1944 / Age: 27
Killed in action in Leyte, Philippine Islands
1945
PFC Vincent D. Leuwer
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 129th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 01, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1967
Private First Class Cleo Larry Levang
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 3rd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 7th Marine Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Marine Division
Date of Loss: January 05, 1967 / Age: 20
At a defense position on Hill 65 in the Dai Loc District of Quang Nam Province in a bunker there was an accidental detonation of a M26A1 hand grenade that wounded one man, and resulted in the death of PFC Levang by the multiple fragmentation wounds he
1968
Sergeant James M. Levings
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 3rd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade
Date of Loss: May 23, 1968 / Age: 19
Died in service in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam in a non-hostile accidental homicide.
1918
Seaman 2c Earl Ray Lewis
Rolla, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, N. H.
Date of Loss: October 29, 1918 / Age: 22
Died at Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, N. H., on Oct. 29, 1918.
Buried, Rolla, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1951
Sergeant Richard W. Lewis
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 13, 1951 / Age: 21
Died in service in France
1918
Jesse Floyd Lewis
Robinson, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Aviation Section, Unassigned, Signal Corps
Date of Loss: April 12, 1918 / Age: 20
Died of pneumonia, at San Antonio, Texas, on April 12, 1918.
Buried at Robinson, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Jessie F Lewis.
1918
Otto Leysring
Windsor, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 137th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918, at Argonne Forest.
Buried, Grave 37, Row 30, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1958
Air Controlman 1st Class Edward R. Liberda
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: January 14, 1958 / Age: 31
Died in service in a training plane crash in Patuxent River, Maryland
1944
Ensign Ernest O. Lidstrom Jr.
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: November 06, 1944 / Age: 20
Died in service in a routine training flight near Jacksonville, Florida after his plane crashed in the ocean.
1967
Private First Class Richard Wallace Liebig Jr.
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 509th Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: August 09, 1967 / Age: 19
Died Aug. 9. in Mainz, Germany. Death was caused by a coronary occlusion.
1918
Louis A. Lien
Rothsay, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 128th Infantry
Date of Loss: November 10, 1918 / Age: 29
Killed in action on Nov. 10, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 29, 1921, and buried in South Immanuel Cemetery, Trondhjem township, Rothsay, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1951
Private First Class Walter D. Lien
Walsh County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 35th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 25th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: January 29, 1951 / Age: 27
1918
Christ Lien
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, on Oct. 1, 1918.
Buried, Grave 1, Row 4, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1950
Corporal Cletus R. Lies
Bremen, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Medical Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 32nd Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 7th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 28, 1950 / Age: 26
He was Killed in Action, while tending wounded comrades near the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea. He went to the aid of MSG Leo Russave and died in the attempt. His remains were recovered and were accounted for Dec. 7, 2013.