State Heroes
1942
Private Robert C. Lindner
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: June 16, 1942 / Age: 25
Died in service in Vancouver, Washington
1918
Carl Otto Lindner
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 14th Mobile Veterinary Section
Date of Loss: October 14, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 14, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 1907 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1945
Private First Class Gilmer G. Lindquist
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: June 25, 1945 / Age: 23
Died in service in France
1944
Private First Class Telmer C. Lindquist
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 357th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 12, 1944 / Age: 35
Killed in action in France.
1945
Second Lieutenant Clarence M. Lindquist
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 64th Bomber Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 43rd Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Loss: February 23, 1945 / Age:
Died while in MIA status. Volunteered to fly co-pilot on a transport plane to pick up personnel on Owi Island. No word was ever received from this transport plane. Rescue squads worked untiringly but without success.
1967
Lance Corporal Gary Wayne Lindsay
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 3rd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 26th Marines Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 3rd Marine Division
Date of Loss: September 07, 1967 / Age: 20
Killed in action in Quang Tri, South Vietnam from hostile artillery rocket mortar.
1944
Fireman Second Class Theodore S. Lindseth
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: December 18, 1944 / Age: 18
Died while in MIA status. Lost at sea when the USS Spence went down during Typhoon Cobra.
1944
Private First Class Lawrence E. Lindstrom
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 26th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 26, 1944 / Age: 23
Killed in action in Germany
1950
1st Lieutenant Vernon A. Lindvig
Lakota, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 339th All Weather Squadron
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 35th Fighter Interceptor Wing
Date of Loss: June 28, 1950 / Age: 26
Lost while returning from operations to cover Rheinholte in the Yellow Sea. His plane crashed in mountains short of the runway at Iwakuni during bad weather.
1945
2nd Lieutenant Gordon H. Lindvig
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: April 14, 1945 / Age: 25
Died in service in Cebu, Philippine Islands
1944
Private First Class Samuel F. Linn
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 358th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 12, 1944 / Age: 24
Killed in action in Normandy, France
1918
Emmons Victor Linwell
Northwood, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, Development Battalion No. 1
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of broncho pneumonia on Oct. 6, 1918, at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Buried at Northwood, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1944
Motor Machinist's Mate Second Class Cletus F. Lipetzky
Kensal, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: June 11, 1944 / Age: 22
Died while in MIA status, when the USS-LST-496 on which he was serving struck a mine in the English Channel and sank during the coastal invasion of Normandy. His body was not recovered.
1945
Private Vernon E. Lippert
Verona, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 291st Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 75th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: January 24, 1945 / Age: 20
Killed in action near Belgium.
1945
Gunnery Sergeant Russell W. Lippert
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Marines
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 4th Tank Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 4th Marine Division
Date of Loss: February 22, 1945 / Age: 26
Colonel Robert M. Neiman described the moment Lippert gave his life to his country in his memoir, "Tanks on the Beaches". "Division called at about two in the morning and said the (previous) attack had been repulsed.