State Heroes

Private First Class Lyle R. Smith

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: June 23, 1945 / Age: 18

Died in service in Germany

Sergeant Orval A. Smith

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: B-24H Liberator #42-52215

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 450th AAF Bomber Group

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 15th Air Force

Date of Loss: May 25, 1945 / Age: 25

Killed in action when his plane was shot down and crashed, seven kilometers north-east of Veitsch, Austria.

Cpl. James Smith

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: July 21, 1918 / Age: 23

Killed in action on July 21, 1918.

Buried, Grave 38, Row 15, Block D, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.

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

Private Robert Smith

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

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

Killed in action in Bougaunville.

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

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.

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

2nd Lieutenant William Sproat Smith Jr.

Carrington, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 8th Fighter-Bomber Squadron

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 49th Fighter-Bomber Group

Date of Loss: March 28, 1952 / Age: 24

While on a combat mission, his aircraft received a direct hit by anti-aircraft fire, crashed and exploded. His remains were never recovered. 

George William Snook, Jr.

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: July 18, 1918 / Age: 19

Killed in action on July 18, 1918, near Soissons, France.

Buried, Missy Au Bois, France. Reburied, Elgin, N. Dak.

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

Clarence B. Snow

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 10th Company, 3rd Battalion, 160th Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 31

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 11, 1918.

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

Staff Sergeant Larus T. Snydal

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 527th Bomber Squadron

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 379th Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Loss: June 11, 1943 / Age: 24

Died while in MIA status. Killed on a mission to Wilhelmshaven, flying aboard 42-3099.