State Heroes
1966
Captain Lawrence Alan Britton
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 12th Cavalry
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Cavalry Division
Date of Loss: March 30, 1966 / Age: 25
Killed in action in Pleiku, South Vietnam through hostile action by small arms fire.
1918
Pvt. Edward Anton Broberg
Aneta, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 140th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division
Date of Loss: September 30, 1918 / Age: 27
Killed in action on Sept. 30, 1918.
Buried, Grave 15, Row 17, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1944
Pvt. Alvin M. Brodell
Russell, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: October 08, 1944 / Age: 18
Killed in action in the Netherlands.
1945
1st Lieutenant John M. Broderick
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 71st AAF Fighter Squadron
Date of Loss: January 16, 1945 / Age: 25
Killed in action in Antonna, Italy
1944
Captain Unite L. Brodin
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 603rd Bomber Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 398th Bomber Group (Heavy)
Date of Loss: May 24, 1944 / Age: 24
Killed in action in European Theater
1951
Private First Class Vernon Lloyd Brokke
Reynolds, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Marines
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Ordnance Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Marine Division
Date of Loss: March 04, 1951 / Age: 20
Pvt. Eugene P. Brosseur
Thorne, ND
1969
Sergeant Robert Alvin Brothen
Minot, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 26th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 27, 1969 / Age: 22
Killed in action in Binh Duong, South Vietnam in hostile action by small arms fire.
1918
PFC Harry Valentine Brown
(Unknown) (Records list Delaware), NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B 116th Supply Train
Date of Loss: October 26, 1918 / Age:
Died at Camp Infirmary, Noyers, France on October 26, 1918. Buried, American Cemtery, Noyers, Loir-et-cher, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as "Harvey" V. Brown. Richland County.
Pvt. George J. Brown
Charlson, NDWounded in Action.
1944
Private Arthur D. Brown
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: September 21, 1944 / Age: 36
Killed in action in France
1943
Private First Class Duane M. Brown
World War II
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 2nd Marine Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 2nd Marine Division, FMF
Date of Loss: November 20, 1943 / Age: 22
Killed in action in Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, Kiribati
1944
Private First Class Henry F. Brown
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: OPN Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 132 Signal
Date of Loss: April 19, 1944 / Age: 21
Killed in action New Guinea
1971
Chaplain - Captain Merle Dewayne Brown
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Brigade Headquarters Company
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 196th Light Infantry Brigade
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: Americal Division
Date of Loss: April 11, 1971 / Age: 32
CPT Brown was and ARMY Chaplain assigned to BDE HHC, 198th Infantry Brigade, Americal Division when he and 10 other servicemen was killed while a passenger on a military aircraft on the military mission "Operation Finney Hill" when the aircraft was fir
1918
Walter B. Brown
Brainerd, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on Oct. 10, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 10, 1921, and buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Brainerd, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.