State Heroes
1944
PFC Krist Wentz
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 31st Tank Battalion, 7th Armored Division
Date of Loss: October 30, 1944 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Belgium.
2004
Specialist Cody L. Wentz
Williston, ND
Iraq (OIF/OND/OIR)
Branch of Service: National Guard
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 141st Engineer Battalion
Date of Loss: November 04, 2004 / Age: 21
Killed Nov. 4 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his military vehicle while he was on patrol in Iraq.
1944
Private John J. Wentz
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: September 22, 1944 / Age: 24
Killed in action in Metz, France
1918
Edward William Werle
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 14th Ammunition Train
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 31
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 9, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 3429 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1971
Captain Edward Alec Werman
Hensel, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: Advisory Team 87
Regiment / Group / Brigade: Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV) Advisors
Date of Loss: June 01, 1971 / Age: 33
Military Region 3 in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam
Non-hostile, Helicopter-Non crew
Air Loss, Crash on Land
1918
Albert Wermedahl
Hatton, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 5th Limited Service Regiment, Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 27
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 5, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 3429 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Theodore Werre
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 306th Animal Transport Depot
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 11, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 3430 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1944
1st Lieutenant Louise M. Wescom
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: December 09, 1944 / Age: 36
Died in service in Camp Livingston, Louisiana
1918
Byron H. West
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 15th Service Company, Signal Corps, Casual Detachment
Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age: 20
Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 17, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. Sept. 3, 1920, and buried in Grave 432, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Wagoner Alfred West
Barron, WIWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Supply Company, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: January 28, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia, on Jan. 28, 1918.
Buried, Grave 6, Row 4, Block B, Brookwood American Cemetery, Brookwood, England.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1943
Staff Sergeant Earl E. West
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 323rd Bomber Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 91st Bomber Group
Date of Loss: July 30, 1943 / Age: 32
He was shot down 30 July 1943 in B-17 #4229916 'Yankee Dandy.
1968
Specialist 4 William F. West III
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery D
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 4th Battalion
Date of Loss: August 21, 1968 / Age: 20
Died while in service in Washington, D.C.
1945
Private First Class Vernon E. Westberg
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 318th Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: February 10, 1945 / Age: 26
Killed in action in Germany
1918
Oscar Westby
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 12th Company, 3rd Battalion, 160th Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 7, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 3434 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1944
PFC Raymond A. Westling
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 115th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 16, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near France.