State Heroes
1942
Private Harold R. Van Hoof
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 161st Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 25th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: September 27, 1942 / Age: 28
Killed in action in Hawaii
1945
Staff Sergeant Gilbert F. Van Keuren
Jamestown, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 813th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Date of Loss: April 10, 1945 / Age: 28
Killed in action in the Netherlands.
1918
Pvt. John Van Lishout
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company No. 33, 9th Battalion, 153rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 02, 1918 / Age: 29
Died on Oct. 2, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 3327 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1952
Private First Class Marvin G. Van Ningen
Bowman County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 31st Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 7th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: October 14, 1952 / Age:
1942
First Lieutenant Clarence Edward Van Ray
Valley City, ND
Branch of Service: Marines
Date of Loss: May 06, 1942 / Age:
Was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Corregidor, Philippine Islands, on 6 May 1942, and was held as a Prisoner of War until his death while still in captivity.
1945
First Lieutenant Clarence E. Van Ray
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Marine Corps
Date of Loss: January 28, 1945 / Age:
Died in a POW camp.
1951
Corporal Eugene R. Van Steenvoort
Devils Lake, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery C
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 38th Field Artillery Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 2nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 01, 1951 / Age: 19
He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy near Kunu-ri, North Korea on November 30, 1950 and died while a prisoner on June 1, 1951.
1918
Leete Gladstone Van Syckle
Grand Forks, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 53rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of influenza pneumonia at Camp Hancock, Ga., on Oct. 5, 1918.
Buried at Grand Forks, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
2006
Sergeant Travis A. Van Zoest
Bismarck, ND
Afghanistan Conflict
Branch of Service: National Guard
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 188th Air Defense Artillery
Date of Loss: June 06, 2006 / Age: 21
Killed June 6 when his Humvee struck two anti-tank mines during combat operations in Khogyani, Afghanistan.
1918
Albert Vandermeer
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 139th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on Sept. 29, 1918.
Buried, Grave 12, Row 11, 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 First Class Albert T. Vanderwaal
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 348th Machine Gun Battalion
Date of Loss: November 01, 1918 / Age: 29
Killed in action on Nov. 1, 1918.
Buried, Grave 1, Row 4, Block D, Flanders Field American Cemetery, Waereghem, Belgium.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Lauritz Vangerud
Kindred, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 14th Company, 4th Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: August 04, 1918 / Age: 29
Died at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on Aug. 4, 1918.
Buried, Christiania Cemetery, Kindred, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1942
Second Lieutenant Martin O. Vangsness
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: September 13, 1942 / Age: 22
He died in service when a big army bomber he was on crashed near the Colombia air base in South Carolina.
1945
Private Philander E. Vannatta
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: January 18, 1945 / Age: 27
Died in service in Ft. Knox, Kentucky
1944
First Lieutenant Erling J. Varland
World War II (WWII)
Date of Loss: November 24, 1944 / Age: 24
Killed in action in Leyte, Philippine Islands