State Heroes

1st Lt. Wesley C. Sloulin

World War II

Branch of Service: Air Force

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 32nd Bomber Squadron, 301st Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Loss: January 07, 1943 / Age:

Killed in action 6 miles East of Mascara.

2nd Lieutenant Kermit G. Sloulin

World War II

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

Fred O. Smeltzer

World War I

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.

John A. Smestad

World War I

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.

Private First Class Leonard M. Smestad

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

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

Killed in action in France

Sergeant Keith L. Smette

Fargo, ND

Iraq (OIF/OND/OIR)

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.

Private Robert Smith

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: March 26, 1944 / Age: 25

Killed in action in Bougaunville.

2nd Lt. Lester Mills Smith

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery C, 107th Field Artillery

Date of Loss: October 02, 1918 / Age: 26

Killed in action on Oct. 2, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. Sept. 6, 1921, and buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Grand Forks, N. Dak.

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

Aviation Cadet Robert A. Smith

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: May 30, 1945 / Age: 20

Died in service in Chandler, Arizona

Staff Sergeant Robert D. Smith

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 19th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 24th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: October 27, 1944 / Age: 25

Killed in action in Leyte, Philippine Islands

Corporal Robert J. Smith

Cass 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: September 15, 1950 / Age:

Corporal Wallace R. Smith

World War II

Branch of Service: Marines

Date of Loss: February 27, 1945 / Age: 21

Killed in action in the Pacific Area

Corporal William E. Smith

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: April 28, 1954 / Age: 20

Killed in action in Korea

Lieutenant Colonel Frederick E. Smith

Rockford, IL

World War I

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

Cpl. Cecil Claude Smith

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 164th Infantry

Date of Loss: January 04, 1918 / Age: 25

Died of pneumonia, at Noyers, France, on Jan. 4, 1918.

Buried, Grave 27, Row 18, Block C, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.