State Heroes
1943
Private Sheldon J. Underdahl
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: April 22, 1943 / Age: 26
Lost at sea over the Atlantic Ocean aboard B-24D Liberator #41-23914 while on an anti-submarine patrol flight out of Langley Field, Virginia.
1918
Edwin Andrew Undhjem
Flaxton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 40th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 8, 1918.
Buried, Flaxton, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Edven Undhjem.
1918
Jacob Jake Unruh
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 33rd Company, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 21
Died at Camp Grant, Ill., on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried, Mercer county.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1944
Private Leroy S. Upton
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 22nd Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: Fourth Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 02, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near Belgium.
1918
Martin Lewis Urdahl
Dahlen, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 312th Supply Train
Date of Loss: January 16, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia at Camp Pike, Ark., on Jan. 16, 1918.
Buried, Dahlen, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1943
Technician Fifth Class Raymond C. Urquhart
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: Seventh Material Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade: Fifth Air Base Group
Date of Loss: January 17, 1943 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1944
Major Gordon A. Utke
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 31st Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: December 15, 1944 / Age: 29
Died while in MIA status.
1918
Sgt. Theodore Joseph Valerius
Larimore, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 5th Field Battalion, Signal Corps
Date of Loss: January 04, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of pneumonia at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, on Jan. 4, 1918.
Buried at Larimore, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1968
Specialist 4 George Ernest Valker III
Minot, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 101st Airborne Division
Date of Loss: August 10, 1968 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Thua Thien, South Vietnam through hostile explosive device.
1918
Delbert Benjamin Van Allen
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 362nd Infantry
Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on Sept. 29, 1918.
Buried, Grave 32, Row 23, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1942
Corporal Willard Fred Van Alst
Williston, ND
Branch of Service: Marines
Date of Loss: April 09, 1942 / Age:
Was captured by the Japanese at Fort Mills, Philippine Islands and was held as a Prisoner of War until his death while still in captivity.
1942
Corporal Willard F. Van Alst
Williston, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Marine Corps
Date of Loss: November 10, 1942 / Age:
Died in a POW camp.
1945
Private First Class William J. Van De Hoven
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 127th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 32nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 30, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1970
Specialist 4 Blythe Noel Van DeVenter
Grand Forks, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 5th Public Information Detachment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Field Force
Date of Loss: April 01, 1970 / Age: 23
Died in service in Khanh Hoa, South Vietnam through non-hostile action.
1918
Ralph Noyes Van Fleet
Minot, ND
World War I (WWI) Student Army Training Corps (SATC)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Students Army Training Corps
Date of Loss: November 17, 1918 / Age: 21
Died of pneumonia on Nov. 17, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 3325 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.