State Heroes
1918
Frederick C. Petter Roll
Brainerd, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Ambulance Company No. 352, 313tth Sanitary Train
Date of Loss: October 31, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of influenza at Hericourt, France, on Oct. 31, 1918.
Buried at Hericourt, France. Remains returned to U. S. May 25, 1921, and buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Brainerd, Minn.
1974
Sergeant Patrick Roller
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Air Force
Date of Loss: December 17, 1974 / Age: 24
SGT Patric Roller, 24, of Dickinson, died 17 Dec. in Pruem, Germany, victim of a auto-pedestrian hit and run accident.
1944
Pvt. Perry L. Romine
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 15, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near France.
1943
2nd Lieutenant Walter J. Romine
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 26, 1943 / Age: 26
Died in service at Camp Ellis, Illinois
1951
Private Norval Rommesmo
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: February 16, 1951 / Age: 23
Died in service in Columbus, Indiana
1944
Private Wallace A. Ronning
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: July 06, 1944 / Age: 20
Died in service at Camp Campbell, Kentucky
1944
Staff Sergeant Thomas G. Root
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: February 25, 1944 / Age: 21
Died in service in Austria
1918
Bugler Charles Martin Root
Mendon, MIWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 37th Battalion, US Guards, The Presidio of San Francisco, Calif.
Date of Loss: October 24, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 24, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 2753 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Harold Alf Rorwick
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 10th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 11, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 2755 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1943
Machinist's Mate 1c Paul R. Rose
Van Hook, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy
Date of Loss: June 07, 1943 / Age:
Died while in MIA status. Killed when the USS Hammann (DD-412) was torpedoed while alongside the damaged USS Yorktown during the Battle of Midway. The destroyer was hit midship and sank in less than four minutes.
1918
Sgt. Ralph C. Rose
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 126th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Oct. 4, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 2757 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1943
Staff Sergeant Leonard L. Rosenberg
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 16th Reconnaissance Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 68th Reconnaissance Group
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 12th Air Force
Date of Loss: December 06, 1943 / Age: 20
He was a gunner on B-17E #41-9016 flying out of Foch Field Tunisia on an electronic recon mission off the coast of southern France.
1918
Arthur Carl Rosenburg
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 137th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 29
Killed in action in Argonne Forest on Sept. 28, 1918.
Grave unlocated.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1945
PFC Max L. Rosencrans
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 168th Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: January 26, 1945 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.
1918
Frederick A. Roskam
Cyrus, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery B, 42nd Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 27
Died of broncho pneumonia, on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried at Cyrus, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.