State Heroes

Private John T. Moland

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 22nd Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 4th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: February 14, 1945 / Age: 30

Killed in action in Prum, Germany

Axel Molander

World War I

Date of Loss: November 11, 1918 / Age:

Name 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.

Lieutenant Colonel Leland P. Molland

Fargo, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: Headquarters Squadron

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 49th Fighter Bomber Group

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 15th Air Force

Date of Loss: May 16, 1951 / Age: 32

"Lieutenant Colonel Molland was the pilot of a T-33A Shooting Star fighter with the Headquarters Squadron, 49th Fighter Bomber Group.

Private First Class Earl Purdon Mollerud

Wahpeton, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Air/Navy Gunfire Liaison Company

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Signal Battalion

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

Date of Loss: June 08, 1951 / Age: 20

He was killed when his jeep hit a land mine. 

Water Tender 2c Albert L. Molzahn

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

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

Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age:

Died while in MIA status - buried at sea.

Tony Momonie

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 139th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 23

Killed in action on Sept. 29, 1918.

Buried, Grave 25, Row 41, Block A, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Private Richard Monger

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 162nd Infantry Medical Corps

Date of Loss: July 30, 1943 / Age: 24

PFC Ole Monger

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 358th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: December 06, 1944 / Age: 25

Killed in action near Luxembourg.

Private First Class Anthony W. Monroe

Bismarck, ND

Iraq (OIF/OND/OIR)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: Division Artillery

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

Date of Loss: October 11, 2004 / Age: 20

Killed Oct. 11 when two rockets impacted his camp in Baghdad.

Private Donald L. Monson

Walsh County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 180th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 45th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: September 26, 1952 / Age:

Staff Sergeant Alfred C. Monson

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 571st Bomber Squadron

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 390th Bomber Group

Date of Loss: September 16, 1943 / Age: 20

Shot down 16 September in B-17 #42-5903 'Ascend Charlie'. Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA).

Sgt. Ernest L. Monson

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 401st Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division

Date of Loss: July 05, 1944 / Age: 23

Killed in action in France.

Private Melvin Monson

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: March 15, 1942 / Age: 37

Died in service in Ft Lewis, Washington

Chief Commissaryman Norman G. Monson

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: August 05, 1943 / Age: 25

Died in service in North Carolina

Private First Class Fred W. Monson Jr.

Williams County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 21st Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 24th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: April 26, 1951 / Age: