State Heroes

Private Paul Lawrence Samuelson

Calmar, IA

WWI Student Army Training Corps

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps

Date of Loss: March 01, 1930 / Age: 30

Died at Fort Snelling, Minn., Veterans Hospital, March, 1930.

Buried at Calmar, Iowa.

Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Samuel Constantine Samuelson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 159th Infantry

Date of Loss: July 25, 1918 / Age: 23

Died of acute cardiac dilation on July 25, 1918.

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

Aviation Cadet John A. Sanborn

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: March 09, 1943 / Age: 22

Died in service in Moore Field, Texas

Captain James M. Sanborn

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Air Force

Date of Loss: December 09, 1972 / Age: 29

He died while in service in Guam when he was on a flight that crashed during some training work. They were doing a simulated engine-out ( power reduced ) approach was flown with a touch and go planned.

Private First Class James F. Sand

Towner County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 5th Cavalry Regiment

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

Date of Loss: October 24, 1951 / Age:

Martin L. Sandberg

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 15th Recruit Company, Jefferson Barracks, Mo.

Date of Loss: March 20, 1918 / Age: 33

Died of pneumonia on March 20, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 4, page 2815 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Ernest Sanders

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 4th Company, Provisional Battalion, 138th Infantry

Date of Loss: May 10, 1918 / Age: 22

Died of scarlet fever, on May 10, 1918.

Buried at sea.

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

Martin Sanders

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 138th Infantry

Date of Loss: July 06, 1918 / Age: 24

Killed in action, July 6, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 31, 1921, and buried in Middle Grove Cemetery, Mekinock, N. Dak.

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

Charles Sanders

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Supply Company, 337th Field Artillery

Date of Loss: May 05, 1918 / Age: 28

Died of pneumonia on May 5, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 4, page 2816 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Private First Class Robert C. Sandland

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: April 23, 1944 / Age: 30

Killed in action in Italy

Corporal Jeremiah S. Santos

Devils Lake, ND

Iraq (OIF/OND/OIR)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Battalion

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 8th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade

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

Date of Loss: June 15, 2006 / Age: 21

Died June 15, 2006 in Baghdad, Iraq of injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV during combat operations.

Technical Sergeant Melvin E. Sarkilahti

Korean War, World War II

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st SHORAN Beacon Squadron

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 502nd Tactical Control Group

Date of Loss: October 16, 1952 / Age: 26

Just after midnight on October 16, 1952, a C-46 Commando (tail number 44-77538) carrying four crew members and twenty-one passengers departed Kangnung Air Base for a night courier flight to Pohang Air Base.

Technical Sergeant Melvin E. Sarkilahti

Korean War, World War II

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st SHORAN Beacon Squadron

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 502nd Tactical Control Group

Date of Loss: October 16, 1952 / Age: 26

Just after midnight on October 16, 1952, a C-46 Commando (tail number 44-77538) carrying four crew members and twenty-one passengers departed Kangnung Air Base for a night courier flight to Pohang Air Base.

Private Floyd E. Saterlie

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: April 04, 1946 / Age: 30

Died in service in Ladd Field, Alaska

Pvt. Harlan O. Sauer

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division

Date of Loss: November 20, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near Belgium.