State Heroes
1944
Pvt. Carl H. Franklin
Goodrich, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 194th Tank Battalion
Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age: 25
Died while in POW status on the Japanese ship "Arisan Maru", when it was sunk by an American submarine in the South China Sea. There were 1,803 POWs on the ship, only 9 of which survived the sinking.
1944
1st Sgt. Albert W. Franks
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 01, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near Italy.
1945
Technical Sergeant George Fraser
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: May 23, 1945 / Age: 36
Killed in action in Okinawa
1945
Staff Sgt. Robert J. Frauenholtz
Grand Forks, ND
World War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 835th Bomber Squadron, 486th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Loss: April 07, 1945 / Age: 20
Killed in action near Belgium.
1944
Private Louis B. Frederick
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 415th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 104th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 05, 1944 / Age: 34
Killed in action in Europe
1943
Sergeant Henry P. Fredrick
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 11, 1943 / Age: 25
Killed in action in Italy
1918
Pvt. Virgil Fredrick
Fargo, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 307th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 6, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 976 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Seaman 2c Frank Freeburg
World War I
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Solace
Date of Loss: January 08, 1918 / Age: 22
Died at Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va., on Jan. 8, 1918, as a Seaman 2nd Class.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1944
Corporal Arnold E. Freelander
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: December 11, 1944 / Age: 27
Killed in action in France
1944
Staff Sgt. Aubrey J. Freeman
World War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 28th Bomber Squadron, 19th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Loss: September 07, 1944 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.
1944
Staff Sergeant Aubrey J Freeman
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Army Air Corps
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 28th Bomb Squadron H
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 19th Bomb Group
Date of Loss: September 07, 1944 / Age: 35
1918
Pvt. John Fregien
Coldwater [sic], NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 357th Infantry
Date of Loss: November 10, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on Nov. 10, 1918.
Buried in Grave 28, Row 33, Block H, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1967
Private First Class James Christian Freidt
Grand Forks, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 50th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Cavalry Division
Date of Loss: October 11, 1967 / Age: 20
Pfc. Freidt was walking "point" as his platoon moved along a trail at the base of their elevated night position when he tripped a booby-trapped grenade. He died instantly.
1918
Pvt. John Herman Freitag
Clyde, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 23rd Infantry
Date of Loss: November 04, 1918 / Age: 29
Killed in action, Argonne Forest, Nov. 4, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 6, 1921, and buried at Munich, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Ross E. French
Detroit, ILWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 02, 1918 / Age: 26
Died on Oct. 2, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 4, Row 22, Block B, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.