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1942

First Lieutenant Lyle A. Slocum

Ellendale, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 36th Bomber Squadron

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 28th Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Loss: June 04, 1942 / Age:

Died while in MIA status. Was a B-17 crew member flying aboard 41-9084.

1942

Second Lieutenant Kermit G. Sloulin

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 164th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: Americal Division

Date of Loss: November 21, 1942 / Age: 30

Died in service in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1943

First Lieutenant Wesley C. Sloulin

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 32nd Bomber Squadron,

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 301st Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Loss: January 07, 1943 / Age:

Killed in action 6 miles East of Mascara.

1918

Fred O. Smeltzer

World War I (WWI)

Date of Loss: November 11, 1918 / Age:

Name NOT 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.

1918

John A. Smestad

Hatton, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery D, 40th Field Artillery

Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age: 30

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 17, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 4, page 2996 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

1944

Private First Class Leonard M. Smestad

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: July 07, 1944 / Age: 26

Killed in action in France

2004

Sergeant Keith L. Smette

Fargo, ND

Iraq Conflict

Branch of Service: National Guard

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 957th Engineer Company

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 130th Engineer Brigade

Date of Loss: January 24, 2004 / Age: 25

Died Jan. 24 when his convoy was attacked by an improvised explosive device north of Fallujah, Iraq.

1945

Second Lieutenant Verdie E. Smith

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 404th Bomber Squadron

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 28th Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Loss: January 24, 1945 / Age:

Died while in MIA status. Co-Pilot of B-24D, shot down by enemy fighter over Shumushu Straits while on mission to Paramushiro Island in the Kuriles chain.

1942

Private First Class Joseph L. Smith

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 194th Tank Battalion

Date of Loss: April 15, 1942 / Age: 27

Died while in POW status. Took part in the Bataan Death March, where he was killed by a Japanese guard and buried. After the war his remains were recovered.

1918

Lieutenant Colonel Frederick E. Smith

Rockford, IL

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 308th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 45

When communication from the forward regimental post of command to the battalion leading the advance had been interrupted temporarily, by the infiltration of small parties of the enemy armed with machine guns, Lieutenant-Colonel Smith personally led a p