State Heroes

1918

Gordon Norton Vorous

Mott, ND

WWI Student Army Training Corps

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps

Date of Loss: October 22, 1918 / Age: 20

Died of influenza on Oct. 22, 1918, at Jamestown, N. Dak.

Buried, Mott, N. Dak.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Hettinger and Stutsman counties.

1918

Martin Vos

Muskegon, MI

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 23rd Infantry

Date of Loss: November 03, 1918 / Age: 24

Killed in action on Nov. 3, 1918.

Buried, Grave 17, Row 16, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

1944

Private First Class Willis W. Wacker

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 66th Armored Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 2nd Armed Division

Date of Loss: July 27, 1944 / Age: 24

Killed in action in France

1944

Private Reuben Wacker

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 119th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 30th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: July 24, 1944 / Age: 30

Killed in action near France.

1918

Harry Wilber Waddle

Curtis, OK

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 23rd Infantry

Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 23

Killed in action on Oct. 6, 1918.

Buried, Grave 28, Row 30, 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

Staff Sergeant Clifton O. Wade

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 429 AAF Bomber Squadron

Date of Loss: August 05, 1944 / Age: 24

Killed in action when his plane was shot down over Naples, Italy. 

1953

Airman 3rd Class Loyce G. Wade

Korean War

Branch of Service: Air Force

Date of Loss: August 22, 1953 / Age: 21

Died in service in Kenmare, ND.

1945

Private First Class Twan D. Wade

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 330th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 83rd Infantry Division

Date of Loss: January 04, 1945 / Age: 23

Killed in action in Belgium

1944

Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Lloyd E. Wagendorf

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: November 25, 1944 / Age: 23

Killed in action in Gilbert Island

1918

Frederick Calvin Wagner

Rolla, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 73rd Company, 6th Regiment

Date of Loss: July 19, 1918 / Age: 21

Killed in action, July 19, 1918.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Information found in Volume 4, page 3362 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

1967

Specialist 4 Roy Carl Wagner

Bismarck, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 18th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Infantry Division

Date of Loss: October 02, 1967 / Age: 20

Killed in action in Bien Hoa, South Vietnam through hostile small arms fire. 

1944

Private First Class Arthur Wagner

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 137th Infantry Regiment

Date of Loss: June 03, 1944 / Age: 23

Died in service in Italy

1945

Staff Sergeant Kenneth I. Wagner

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Nineth Infantry Division

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 60th Infantry Regiment

Date of Loss: February 03, 1945 / Age: 30

Killed in action in Germany