State Heroes
1918
Private Austin Bower
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 26th Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 21
Died Oct. 8, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Grave unlocated. Missing in Action or Buried at Sea. Tablets of the Missing at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne, France.
1944
Ensign James B. Boyd
Langdon, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: February 11, 1944 / Age: 26
Died while in MIA status.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Edgar Markell Boyd
Rolla, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 19, 1918 / Age: 20
Killed in action on July 19, 1918.
Buried in Grave 37, Row 32, Block D, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1945
Private First Class Arland L. Boye
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Marines
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 27th Marines Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 5th Marine Division
Date of Loss: March 06, 1945 / Age: 19
Killed in action in Iwo Jima
1944
Private First Class Duane F. Boyer
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 41st Armed Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 2nd Armed Division
Date of Loss: October 06, 1944 / Age: 25
Killed in action in Aachen, Städteregion Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
1944
Private First Class Earl L. Boyer
St. Joseph, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 115th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 29th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: August 09, 1944 / Age: 20
Killed in action in Belgium
1918
GM2c George Albert Boyer
Chippewa Falls, WI
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Naval Hospital, Charleston, S. C.
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 26
Died in Naval Hospital, Charleston, S. C., on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried, Chippewa Falls, Wis.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Albert Boyer.
1918
Charles Hugh Boyle
Marinette, WI
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 5th Personnel Office, 163rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 31
Died of pneumonia at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on Oct. 12, 1918.
Buried at Marinette, Wis.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1942
Machinist's Mate First Class Fredick W. Braa
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: U.S.S. Juneau
Date of Loss: November 13, 1942 / Age: 21
The Juneau, in the early morning hours in near pitch darkness, was first struck on the port side by a torpedo causing a severe list. The Juneau, once dawn broke, then tried to return to Espiritu Santo for repairs along with the battle damaged U.S.S.
Pvt. Theodore L. Braaflat
Plaza, ND
1918
Pvt. Theodore L. Braaflat
Plaza, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: June 14, 1918 / Age: 21
Died, result of railroad accident, June 14, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 29, 1921, and buried at Plaza, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1945
Ensign Joseph O. Braaten
Mandan, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: July 25, 1945 / Age: 26
Died while in MIA status.
1945
Technician Fifth Grade Vincent P. Brablec
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 13th Armored Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: First Armored Division
Date of Loss: June 26, 1945 / Age: 31
Died while in MIA status.
1944
Second Lieutenant Elbert J. Bradrick
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 337th Bomber Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 26th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: First Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 08, 1944 / Age: 20
Killed in Action in Germany
1951
Corporal Dennis Harold Brady
Eddy County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 38th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 2nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: May 17, 1951 / Age: 19
He was listed as Missing in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea on May 17, 1951 and was presumed dead on December 31, 1953.