State Heroes
1944
Seaman 2nd Class James P. Sperry
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: September 22, 1944 / Age: 21
Died in service in the Pacific Area
1945
PFC Clifford S. Speten
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 376th Infantry Regiment, 94th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 19, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action near Luxembourg.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Lloyd William Spetz
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: March 01, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action, March 1, 1918.
Buried, Grave 6, Row 12, Block B, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Cpl. Lynn Fancis Spiering
Hillsboro, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 20, 1918 / Age: 20
Killed in action on July 20, 1918.
Grave unlocated.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
William Daniel Spilmaher
World War I
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 83rd Company
Date of Loss: November 02, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on Nov. 2, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as WM D Spilmahor.
1918
James Ray Spitzer
Cando, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 358th Infantry
Date of Loss: November 10, 1918 / Age: 21
Killed in action on Nov. 10, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on April 5, 1921, and buried at Cando, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1966
Lieutenant Junior Grade Thomas Edmund Spitzer
Baldwin, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Oriskany
Date of Loss: October 26, 1966 / Age: 25
At 0728 26 October fire broke out in a forward magazine and raged through 5 decks, claiming the lives of 44 sailors. Many of those killed were veteran combat pilots who, a few hours earlier, had flown on raids over Vietnam.
1943
Staff Sergeant Floyd Sponhem
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: August 19, 1943 / Age: 23
Died in service in Gardner Field, California
1944
2nd Lieutenant Kenneth J. Spooner
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: April 23, 1944 / Age: 21
Died in service in a plane crash in Portland, Oregon
1952
Private First Class Ignatius Spotted Bear
McLean County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Battalion, 5th Infantry Regimental Combat Team
Date of Loss: June 22, 1952 / Age: 23
He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy at the "Punch Bowl" near Hean Myon, North Korea on June 22, 1952 by enemy artillery fire.
1944
Private Clarence Spotted Wolf
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: December 21, 1944 / Age: 32
Killed in action in Luxembourg, Germany
1918
Fred John Sprecher
Golden Valley, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery E, 338th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: March 03, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of peritonitis, at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on March 3, 1918.
Buried, Golden Valley, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as John F Sprecher.
1944
Private Raymond H. Sprecher
World War II
Branch of Service: Marines
Date of Loss: September 15, 1944 / Age: 20
Killed in action on Peleliu Island
1971
Specialist 4 Steven Paul Stack
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: April 24, 1971 / Age: 18
Died in service in Cass County, ND.
1918
Edward F. Stadstad
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 9th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 18, 1918 / Age: 27
Killed in action on July 18, 1918.
Buried in Grave 24, Row 33, Block D, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.