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State Heroes Total: 4277

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1918

George W. Zengel

World War I

Date of Loss: November 11, 1918 / Age:

Name 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.

1942

Private Harold S. Zerface

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 164th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: Americal Division

Date of Loss: November 21, 1942 / Age: 24

Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1944

Sergeant Francis N. Zerr

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 776th Tank Destroyer Battalion

Date of Loss: June 25, 1944 / Age: 28

Killed in action in Italy

1944

Gunner's Mate 3c Jerome A. Zespy

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve

Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age:

Died while in MIA status off of Leyte, when a ship exploded near a cruiser on which he was stationed.

1918

William August Zich

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 138th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 30

Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918.

Buried, Grave 22, Row 13, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

1918

Pvt.1st Class Frank James Ziegeweid

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: July 18, 1918 / Age: 20

Killed in action, near Soissons, on July 18, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on Jan. 15, 1921, and buried in Grave 1162, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.

1944

PFC Sam Ziegler

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 747th Tank Battalion

Date of Loss: September 02, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near France.

1945

Sergeant Edwin C. Ziemann

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 129th Infantry Regiment

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

Date of Loss: February 15, 1945 / Age: 29

Died in service in Luzon, Philippine Islands

1945

Sergeant Lawrence A. Zierke

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 377th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 95th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: January 11, 1945 / Age: 31

He died at an English hospital at the age of 31 from injuries sustained during WWII in France.

1967

Command Sergeant Major Laurence Cris Zietlow

New Salem, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Field Force

Date of Loss: October 03, 1967 / Age: 39

On September 17, 1967, SGM Zietlow of I Field Force and a SSG Wright from the 124th Transportation Command were mortally wounded in a terrorist attack in a Noncommissioned Officer's Club in Nha Trang, Vietnam. SGM Laurence C.