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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.

1944

Private Paul W. Wallin

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 295th Engineer Combat Battalion

Date of Loss: December 30, 1944 / Age: 20

Killed in action in Germany

1918

1st Lt. Victor Bryon Wallin

Washburn, ND

World 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.

1944

Pvt. Otto L. Wallman

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 15th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron

Date of Loss: August 25, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near France.

1945

Private First Class Edward W. Wallmann

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 129th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 37th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: January 30, 1945 / Age:

Killed in action in the Philippines.

1918

Albert W. Wallner

New Ulm, MN

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 164th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 19

Killed in action on Oct. 10, 1918.

Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 1, 1921, and buried in Catholic Cemetery, New Ulm, Minn.

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

1943

1st Lieutenant Richard T. Walsh

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 465th Bomber Squadron

Date of Loss: January 24, 1943 / Age: 27

Passenger and sole fatality aboard A-20B Havoc #41-2989 when the twin engine attack bomber crashed into Mobile Bay, Alabama.

1918

Pvt. Ambrose John Walsh

Jamestown, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 164th Infantry

Date of Loss: July 19, 1918 / Age: 20

Killed in action in the battle of Chateau-Thierry, France, on July 19, 1918.

Buried, Grave 17, Row 4, Block D, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.

1967

Sergeant Ward Gunard Walter

Minot, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 720th Military Police Battalion

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 18th Military Police Brigade

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 89th Military Police Group

Date of Loss: November 29, 1967 / Age: 50

The Military Assistance Command Vietnam/Army Of The Republic Of Vietnam (MACV/ARVN) outpost at Phuoc Cang on Highway QL-15 was coming under heavy enemy fire and the combined (A, B, and C company) ambush team was tasked with attempting to take the press