State Heroes
1944
Staff Sergeant Stanley G. Workman
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 410th Bomber Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 94th Bomber Group
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 8th Air Force
Date of Loss: April 18, 1944 / Age: 20
Ball turret gunner, 24 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Barnewitz in B-17 42-31650 'Impatient Virgin'; Shot down, crashed Bergedamm, four miles W of Nauen, Germany, 18-Apr-44
1918
Albert Wormdahl
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.
1918
Clyde Earl Wortman
Hixton, WIWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 313th Military Police
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 11, 1918.
Buried, Grave 10, Row 22, Block H, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1969
Specialist 4 Dennis Stanley Wosick
Grand Forks, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Troop E
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Cavalry
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 11th Infantry Brigade
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: Americal Division
Date of Loss: June 09, 1969 / Age: 21
Specialist Wosick was killed in action in Quang Ngai, South Vietnam in a hostile ground casualty.
1944
Technician 5th Grade Leone R. Wralstad
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: April 07, 1944 / Age: 26
Killed in action in Burma
1944
Machinist's Mate 3c Nathan E. Wright
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy
Date of Loss: January 30, 1944 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.
1943
Sergeant Robert W. Wright
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 24, 1943 / Age: 22
Died in service in Salina, Kansas
1944
Aviation Radioman Curtis L. Wright Jr.
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Yorktown
Date of Loss: July 27, 1944 / Age: 23
Killed in action in Yap Island
1945
Private First Class Victor R. Wuertz
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 158th Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: April 23, 1945 / Age: 24
Killed in action in Luzon, Philippine Islands
1945
Private First Class Gilbert E. Wulff
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 105th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 27th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 22, 1945 / Age: 20
Killed in action in Okinawa
1942
2nd Lieutenant Harry E. Wylie
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: September 10, 1942 / Age: 24
Died in service in the Canal Zone
1918
Perry F. Wymore
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.
1918
Eugene Wynne
Lucy, TNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: April 12, 1918 / Age: 20
Died at Newport News, Va., on April 12, 1918.
Buried at Lucy, Tenn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Barnes county.
1945
Corporal Clarion C. Wysocki
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery B
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 754th Field Artillery Battalion
Date of Loss: February 25, 1945 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Germany
1946
Seaman 1c Lawrence A. Yanish
Buffalo, ND
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: April 13, 1946 / Age: 22
Died while in MIA status. Declared MIA after an attack by Japanese planes on the USS Lindsey, near Mae Shima, southwest of Okinawa. Approximately one-third of the ship was blown away or torn and wrecked.