State Heroes
1944
1st Lieutenant Donald E. Winter
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: January 30, 1944 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Central Germany
1918
Private Elmer Ben Winters
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps UND Grand Forks ND
Date of Loss: October 20, 1918 / Age: 26
Died while serving as a member of the Student Army Training Corps  on the UND campus in Grand Forks during the 1918 flu pandemic. Name included on the UND S.A.T.C. website
1918
Private Elmer Ben Winters
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps UND Grand Forks ND
Date of Loss: October 20, 1918 / Age: 26
Died while serving as a member of the Student Army Training Corps  on the UND campus in Grand Forks during the 1918 flu pandemic. Name included on the UND S.A.T.C. website
1944
Captain Adolph L. Winther
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 9th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 2nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: August 30, 1944 / Age: 34
Killed in action in France
1918
Private Hiram Ornn Wiper
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps UND Grand Forks ND
Date of Loss: October 25, 1918 / Age: 19
Died while serving as a member of the Student Army Training Corps  on the UND campus in Grand Forks during the 1918 flu pandemic. Name included on the UND S.A.T.C. website
1918
Private Hiram Ornn Wiper
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps UND Grand Forks ND
Date of Loss: October 25, 1918 / Age: 19
Died while serving as a member of the Student Army Training Corps  on the UND campus in Grand Forks during the 1918 flu pandemic. Name included on the UND S.A.T.C. website
1918
Pvt.1st Class Lauren Paul Wirkus
Minto, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 5th Field Battalion, Signal Corps
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried, Grave 26, Row 4, Block H, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1952
Private First Class John Ewain Jr. Wirtz
Minot, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 7th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: October 08, 1952 / Age: 22
He died of other causes near Kumhwa, North Korea.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Melvin Wisness
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 2nd Field Battalion, Signal Corps
Date of Loss: December 07, 1918 / Age: 31
Died on Dec. 7, 1918, of pneumonia.
Buried, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Thomas Witchic
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 139th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918.
Buried, Grave 8, Row 6, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1919
Pvt. Edwin Herman Witcik
Fargo, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: January 17, 1919 / Age: 25
Died of broncho pneumonia, Jan. 17, 1919.
Buried in Grave 468, Cemetery 6, Bazailles sur Meuse, France. Remains returned to U. S. May 31, 1921, and buried in Springvale Cemetery, three miles north of Fargo, N. Dak.
1944
2nd Lieutenant Dale W. Witson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 324th Bomber Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 91st Bomber Group
Date of Loss: August 16, 1944 / Age: 21
Killed in action when his plane was shot down over Deiderode, Germany.
1945
1st Lieutenant Paul W. Wittenberger
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: March 09, 1945 / Age: 26
Died in service in the Philippine Islands
1918
Pvt.1st Class Edwin Wittmayer
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 19
Killed in action on Oct. 11, 1918.
Buried, Grave 39, Row 41, Block B, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1945
Staff Sergeant Herbert J. Woehl
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: May 09, 1945 / Age: 27
Killed in action in the Negros Islands, Philippine Islands