State Heroes
1918
Pvt. Ben Brand
Minot, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: May 15, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on May 15, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on March 28, 1921, and buried in Rosehill Cemetery, Minot, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1943
Second Lieutenant Cassius C. Brandenburg
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 401st Bomber Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 91st Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Loss: February 26, 1943 / Age: 28
The plane Lieutenant Brandenburg was on was last seen over the North Sea about 20 miles north of Norderney Island and no trace of the plane or 10 men on board was ever found.
Below is the mission they were on:
1952
Captain Cecil William Brandsted
Amenia, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 730th Bomber Squadron
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 452nd Bomber Wing
Date of Loss: March 22, 1952 / Age: 30
While on an armed reconnaissance near Kangdong, contact was lost with the aircraft. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on February 28, 1954.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Henry August Brandt
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 03, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on Oct. 3, 1918.
Buried, Grave 8, Row 18, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Private Morris Engvold Brandvik
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps UND Grand Forks ND
Date of Loss: October 29, 1918 / Age: 21
Died while serving as a member of the Student Army Training Corps on the UND campus in Grand Forks during the 1918 flu pandemic. Name included on the UND S.A.T.C. website
Buried at Oakdale Cemetery, Dunn County ND.
1918
Private Morris Engvold Brandvik
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps UND Grand Forks ND
Date of Loss: October 29, 1918 / Age: 21
Died while serving as a member of the Student Army Training Corps on the UND campus in Grand Forks during the 1918 flu pandemic. Name included on the UND S.A.T.C. website
Buried at Oakdale Cemetery, Dunn County ND.
1918
LER George Raymond Brannon
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill.
Date of Loss: September 15, 1918 / Age: 29
Died in Naval Hospital at Great Lakes, Ill., on Sept. 15, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1945
Lieutenant Junior Grade George L. Braseth
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: October 26, 1945 / Age: 29
Killed in action aboard the USS Hoel (DD-533). Buried at sea.
1944
Petty Officer Third Class Duane F. Brash
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: October 19, 1944 / Age: 24
Missing in action from approximately 1530, 19 October 1944.
1918
Pvt. Eugene P. Brasseur
Thorne, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 138th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 23
Died in Base Hospital No. 66, at Neufchateau, France, on Oct. 1, 1918, of wounds received in action.
1918
Cpl. Einer Brateng
Devils Lake, ND
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 39th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age:
1918
Cpl. Einar Brateng
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 39th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 27, 1918 / Age: 26
Killed in action on Sept. 27, 1918.
Buried, Grave 18, Row 25, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1944
Technical Sergeant Annil H. Bratvold
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 58th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 15, 1944 / Age: 25
Killed in action in France
1944
Sergeant William L. Braun
Sterling, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 401st Glider Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 101st Airborne Division
Date of Loss: October 01, 1944 / Age: 25
Killed in action in Holland.
1944
Private Peter L. Braun
Mandan, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 357th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 05, 1944 / Age: 37
Killed in action in France.