State Heroes

Staff Sgt. Eldred W. Stafney
World War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 373rd Bomber Squadron, 308th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Loss: September 15, 1943 / Age:
Died while in MIA status. Killed on a mission to Hanoi, when the B-24 bomber was intercepted by 50+ fighters and crashed in the Bay of Tonkin.

Pvt. Tracy W. Stahl
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: November 06, 1918 / Age: 21
Killed in action on Nov. 6, 1918.
Buried in Grave 19, Row 46, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Technician 5th Grade Arthur J. Stahlecker
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 29, 1944 / Age: 26
Killed in action in Holland

Private Harold B. Stair
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 331st Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 83rd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 06, 1944 / Age: 21
Killed in action in France

Raymond Stake
Chambersburg, PAWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 58th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 18, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action, at Chateau-Thierry, on July 18, 1918.
Buried, Grave 23, Row 4, Block A, Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.


James F. Standish
Litchfield, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 20, 1918 / Age: 23
Died on July 20, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 27, Row 2, Block D, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Allen W. Stanton
Lakeview, MIWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 115th Infantry
Date of Loss: March 20, 1919 / Age: 23
Died at US Base Hospital No. 69, Army Postoffice No. 939, Savenay, France, March 20, 1919.
Remains returned to U. S. Oct. 6, 1920, and buried at Winfield Cemetery, Lakeview, Mich.

Private First Class Norval Staples
World War II
Branch of Service: Marines
Date of Loss: September 15, 1944 / Age: 21
Died in service on Palau Island
John Stark
Coleharbor, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 73rd Spruce Squadron, Spruce Production Division
Date of Loss: October 25, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 25, 1918, at Clatsup, Ore.
Burial, Coleharbor, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Sergeant Wilbur C. Stark
Korean War, World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: May 12, 1951 / Age: 28
Died in service in St. Louis, Missouri

Sergeant Wilbur C. Stark
Korean War, World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: May 12, 1951 / Age: 28
Died in service in St. Louis, Missouri

Major Eugene Raleigh Starke
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Air Force
Date of Loss: June 27, 1966 / Age: 37
Maj. Eugene Starke was the victim of a boating accident at Little Rock, Ark.

Sergeant Bernard E. Starkenberg
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 14, 1942 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

Private First Class Vernon T. Starks
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: December 19, 1944 / Age: 22
Died in service in Leyte, Philippine Islands