State Heroes
1953
Airman 1st Class Wilfred N. Pronovost
Korean War
Branch of Service: Air Force
Date of Loss: September 11, 1953 / Age: 21
Died in service in Fargo, ND.
1918
Private Earl Pugh
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps UND Grand Forks ND
Date of Loss: October 21, 1918 / Age: 21
Died while serving as a member of the Student Army Training Corps on the UND campus in Grand Forks during the 1918 flu pandemic. Name included on the UND S.A.T.C. website
Buried at Werner Cemetery, Dunn County, North Dakota.
1918
Private Earl Pugh
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps UND Grand Forks ND
Date of Loss: October 21, 1918 / Age: 21
Died while serving as a member of the Student Army Training Corps on the UND campus in Grand Forks during the 1918 flu pandemic. Name included on the UND S.A.T.C. website
Buried at Werner Cemetery, Dunn County, North Dakota.
1943
Private Elmer A. Puppe
Hensel, ND
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: First Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 15th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: Third Infantry Division
Date of Loss: October 19, 1943 / Age: 26
Service number 6858086, died of shell fragment wounds during the Naples-Foggia Campaign in the area between Naples and Rome.
1943
Staff Sergeant Lester W. Puppe
Hensel, ND
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: First Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 15th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: Third Infantry Division
Date of Loss: August 11, 1943 / Age: 23
Service number 6930772, died of gunshot wound during the Sicily Campaign
1944
Second Lieutenant Robert Samuel Purvis
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: September 20, 1944 / Age: 25
Killed in Action 20 September 1944, France. Remains not recovered.
Name included on page 1198 of the Register of North Dakota Veterans World War II 1941-1945.
1944
Aviation Machinist's Mate Second Class Joseph S. Pyle
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: October 17, 1944 / Age: 23
Died in service in San Diego, California
1943
Private First Class Thomas L. Pyne
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 135th Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: April 28, 1943 / Age: 24
Killed in action in the North Africa Area.
1944
Staff Sergeant Alfred M. Qualle
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 128th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 32nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 02, 1944 / Age: 32
Killed in action in Leyte, Philippine Islands
1918
Edwin Clarence Qually
Adams, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 357th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 24, 1918 / Age: 29
Killed in action at Argonne, on Oct. 24, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 19, 1921, and buried at Adams, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1944
Private First Class Sigurd C. Quam
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 359th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 12, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near France.
1942
Private First Class Marvin P. Quamme
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 20, 1942 / Age: 22
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
1942
Staff Sergeant Milton P. Quandt
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: December 04, 1942 / Age: 23
1918
S2c Edwin George Quarne
Towner, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Naval Air Station, L'Aber Vrach, France
Date of Loss: December 04, 1918 / Age: 31
Died at L'Aber Vrach, France, on Dec. 4, 1918.
Buried at Towner, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Pierce county.
1942
Technician Fifth Grade Harley A. Quarne
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: September 10, 1942 / Age: 24
Died in service in De Rudder, Louisiana