State Heroes
1954
1st Lieutenant Ralph V. Weston
Korean War
Branch of Service: Air Force
Date of Loss: August 23, 1954 / Age: 23
Died in service in Norfolk, England
1945
Private First Class Adam Wetch
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 61st Armored Infantry Battalion
Date of Loss: March 31, 1945 / Age: 19
Died in service in Germany
1918
Seaman Buel Mills Wetherbee
World War I
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS New York
Date of Loss: June 25, 1918 / Age: 19
Died on USS New York at Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands, on June 25, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1944
PFC Adolph J. Wetsch
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 21, 1944 / Age: 33
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1944
PFC Raymond A. Wetzel
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 362nd Infantry Regiment, 91st Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 12, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near Italy.
1918
William Whalen
Leeds, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 164th Field Hospital, 116th Sanitary Train
Date of Loss: January 16, 1918 / Age: 29
Died of pneumonia, on Jan. 16, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Dec. 28, 1920, and buried at Leeds, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
William W. Whalen
World War I
Date of Loss: November 11, 1918 / Age:
Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information NOT found in the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1951
Private First Class Wallace D. Wherley
Korean War
Branch of Service: Marines
Date of Loss: July 11, 1951 / Age: 20
Died in service at Camp Pendelton, CA.
1967
Specialist 4 Vernon E. Whetham
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 43rd Infantry Platoon Scout Dog
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 9th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 30, 1967 / Age: 25
Killed in action in Kien Hoa, South Vietnam through hostile action by small arms fire.
1942
Private First Class Lloyd L. Whipple
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: August 10, 1942 / Age: 24
Died in service in a POW camp in the Philippines after surviving the Bataan Death March.
1944
PFC Thomas White
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 358th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 26, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near Luxembourg.
1945
Tech. 5c Stanley C. White
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 631st Field Artillery Battalion
Date of Loss: May 02, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action near Italy.
1945
Storekeeper 3c Robert F. White
Jamestown, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy
Date of Loss: November 25, 1945 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.
1950
Private Peter White Lightning
Sioux County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 27th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 25th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 11, 1950 / Age: 22
1945
Shipfitter 3c Earl W. Whiting
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy
Date of Loss: July 12, 1945 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.