State Heroes
1944
Fireman 1c Eugene Wagner
Linton, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: October 27, 1944 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.
1944
Private Raymond L. Wahl
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: January 23, 1944 / Age: 19
Killed in action in Italy
1952
Corporal Ruben Wahl
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 14, 1952 / Age: 24
Died in service in Ft Campbell, Kentucky
1970
Specialist 4 Wayne Milton Wahl
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 9th Engineer Battalion
Date of Loss: June 28, 1970 / Age: 20
Died while in service in Garrison, ND.
1944
Corporal Otto M. Wahus
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 08, 1944 / Age: 27
Born  McKenzie County, ND March 16, 1917. Entered US Army in Ft. Snelling, MN May 20, 1942.  Served European African Middle Eastern Theater. Killed in Action near France. Buried in Plot F Row 17 Grave 22 Lorraine, France.
1966
Specialist 4 Duane Alan Waklee
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 2nd Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Infantry Division
Date of Loss: May 22, 1966 / Age: 25
Killed in action in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam in hostile action by multiple fragmentation wounds.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Alfred Bernhart Walby
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 28th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 21, 1918 / Age: 26
Killed in action, on July 21, 1918.
Buried, Grave 26, Row 29, Block C, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1969
Captain David Arlen Waldera
Fargo, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: Army Spt Command Saigon
Regiment / Group / Brigade: Army Depot Long Binh
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Logistics Command
Date of Loss: April 02, 1969 / Age: 24
Captain Waldera died Apr 2, 1969 at the age of 24 from wounds he sustained at Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam.
1943
Corporal Harry M. Walen
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: December 25, 1943 / Age: 22
Died in service in Europe
1918
Pvt.1st Class Preston Vincent Wall
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 164th Ambulance Company, 116th Sanitary Train
Date of Loss: May 16, 1918 / Age: 19
Killed in action on May 16, 1918.
Buried in France. Reburied, Grave 1332, Arlington National Cemetery, Va.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1945
Private First Class Ira L. Walla
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Medical Department
Date of Loss: April 28, 1945 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Okinawa
1918
Pvt.1st Class Harley Edgar Wallace
Tomah, WIWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 19
Killed in Meuse-Argonne on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried, Tomah, Wis.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Golden Valley county.
1918
Thomas John Wallace
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 347th Infantry
Date of Loss: January 06, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of parenchymatous nephritis on Jan. 6, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1953
Private First Class Harold Raymond Wallender
Hazen, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 76th Engineer Construction Battalion
Date of Loss: March 21, 1953 / Age:
The brakes on his grader failed and it crashed into a bulldozer. He was taken to the 121st Evacuation Hospital where he died.
1918
1st Lt. Victor Bryon Wallin
Washburn, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 356th Infantry
Date of Loss: November 11, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action at Commune of Pouilly, Meuse, France, on Nov. 11, 1918.
Buried at Washburn, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.