State Heroes
1944
Private First Class Vernon T. Starks
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: December 19, 1944 / Age: 22
Died in service in Leyte, Philippine Islands
1918
Pvt.1st Class Rudolph Staska
Cummings, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 22, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on July 22, 1918.
Buried in Grave 29, Row 37, Block B, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesle, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1944
Private Walter J. Staskivige
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 29, 1944 / Age: 18
Died in service in Manvel, North Dakota
1918
Ole Staxrud
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 137th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 24, 1918 / Age: 28
Killed in action on Sept. 24, 1918.
Buried, Grave 13, Row 14, Block G, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
John Nelson Stearns
Crystal, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 14th Company, Military Truck Division, Machine Gun Training Center
Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 31
Died of influenza on Oct. 5, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 3080 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1917
S2c Raymond Walter Stebbins
Crosby, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill.
Date of Loss: June 25, 1917 / Age: 18
Died in Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill., on June 25, 1917.
Buried, Crosby, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1944
Technician Fifth Class Clarence H. Steckler
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 709th Tank Battalion
Date of Loss: December 14, 1944 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.
1943
Staff Sergeant Clifford K. Stedem
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 2458th Quartermaster Company
Regiment / Group / Brigade: Eighth Air Depot Group
Date of Loss: August 16, 1943 / Age:
Killed in action in North Africa.
1944
Private First Class Alfred R. Steen
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 358th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 17, 1944 / Age: 30
Killed in action in Normandy, France
1945
Technical Sergeant Glenn W. Steen
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 550th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: Battery C Anti-Aircraft Section, Coast Artillery Corps
Date of Loss: July 13, 1945 / Age: 25
Died in service in Glasgow, Scotland
1966
Major Martin William Steen
Grand Forks, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 469th Tactical Fighter Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 388th Tactical Fighter Wing
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 7th Air Force
Date of Loss: May 31, 1966 / Age: 37
In , NORTH VIETNAM
Hostile, died while missing, FIXED WING - PILOT
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND
From DPAA:
1944
Staff Sergeant Chester H. Steenson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: March 25, 1944 / Age: 23
Killed in action in Italy
1943
Private Ed Steffan
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 99th Signal Battalion
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 99th Signal Battalion
Date of Loss: November 13, 1943 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1945
Private First Class Allen G. Stein
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 17th Infantry
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 7th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 15, 1945 / Age: 19
Killed in action in Okinawa
1942
Corporal Ernest E. Steinke
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 28, 1942 / Age: 25
Died in service in the Philippine Islands