State Heroes

Staff Sergeant Casper J. Oie

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Air Corps

Date of Loss: October 24, 1942 / Age: 24

POW: Cabanatuan Prisoner of War Camp, Luzon, Philippines.

Died of dysentery and malnutrition on October 24, 1942. Buried in mass grave at POW Camp.

Remains recovered October 1952.

Corporal Arnold K. Oien

World War II

Branch of Service: Marines

Date of Loss: October 01, 1943 / Age: 21

Killed in action in Vella La Vella, Solomon Islands

Joseph J. Oien

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 16, 1918 / Age: 22

Died on Oct. 16, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried, Grave 37, Row 9, Block B, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Pvt.1st Class Theodore Bernhard Oium

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 14th Ammunition Train

Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 30

Died of pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 11, 1918.

Buried at Towner, N. Dak.

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

Ernest Algot Okeson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 128th Infantry

Date of Loss: November 10, 1918 / Age: 29

Killed in action on Nov. 10, 1918.

Buried in Grave 21, Row 5, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Sergeant Alfred R. Oksendahl

World War II

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 24th Marines Regiment

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

Date of Loss: March 07, 1945 / Age: 28

Killed in action in Iwo Jima

2nd Lieutenant Thomas B. Oksendahl

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: May 15, 1943 / Age: 31

Died in service in Morgantown, North Carolina

2nd Lieutenant Jack M. Oland

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: August 02, 1945 / Age: 26

Died while in service in a car accident in Richmond, Virgina

Private Stephen Olason

Hensel, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: December 14, 1944 / Age: 24

After training at various centers he was sent to Burma and placed in an airborne crew. While thus engaged he was killed in action Dec. 14, 1944. 

Pvt.1st Class Amund Olauson

Cooperstown

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 307th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 27

Died on Oct. 5, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried, Grave 28, Row 46, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Arthur Oldmouse

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company No. 22, September Automatic Replacement Draft

Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 29

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 7, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 12, 1920, and buried at Elbowoods, N. Dak.

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

2nd Lieutenant Joseph J. Oleskow

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 307th Infantry Regiment

Date of Loss: May 12, 1945 / Age: 26

Killed in action in Okinawa

Christopher Oleson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery D, 12th Field Artillery

Date of Loss: February 20, 1919 / Age: 22

Died of broncho pneumonia at Coblenz, Germany, on Feb. 20, 1919.

Remains returned to U. S. on July 24, 1920, and buried in Grave 172, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.

Ralph Ellis Olinger

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 313th Military Police

Date of Loss: October 16, 1918 / Age: 25

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 16, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on June 6, 1921, and buried in Erie Cemetery, Erie, Ill.

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

1st Lieutenant Glenn H. Oliver

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 289th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 75th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: February 04, 1945 / Age: 26

Killed in action in Epinal, France