State Heroes
1952
Private First Class Christopher Ruben Geiszler
Merricourt, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 13th Engineer Combat Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 7th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 12, 1952 / Age: 19
He was riding in a truck when it struck a land mine. He was taken to the 8063rd Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH), where he died.
1945
Private Willys S. Gensrich
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 24, 1945 / Age: 28
Killed in action in Okinawa
1944
Private First Class Herbert I. Gentz
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 264th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 66th Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: December 25, 1944 / Age: 20
Killed in action in Belgium
1945
Signalman Third Class Willis E. Gentz
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Ommaney Bay
Date of Loss: January 04, 1945 / Age: 18
1945
Signalman 3c Willis E. Gentz
New England, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: January 04, 1945 / Age: 19
Died while in MIA status.
1952
Private First Class Harold O. Georgeson
Benson County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 9th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 2nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: March 09, 1952 / Age:
1944
Capt. Frederick J. Gerlich
Dickinson, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 59th Coast Artillery Regiment
Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age: 29
Died while in POW status after being assigned to the 59th Coast Artillery Regiment charged with harbor defenses of Manila and Subic Bays. The 59th Regiment manned the seacoast artillery on Corregidor Island.
1944
Tech. 4c Edwin A. Germann
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 753rd Tank Battalion
Date of Loss: May 24, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near Italy.
1918
William Henry Gerow
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 26, 1918 / Age: 27
Died on July 26, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Haileybury, Ontario.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Pvt. Alphonse Gervais
Fargo, ND
1945
Private Lawrence G. Gerving
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 32nd Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 7th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 20, 1945 / Age: 24
Killed in action in Okinawa
1945
Sergeant Adolph C. Gerzewski
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 397th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 100th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 09, 1945 / Age: 33
Killed in action in Heilbronn, Germany
1968
Sergeant Gary A. Gessner
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: June 24, 1968 / Age: 22
Died in service in Fort Collin, Colorado.
1967
Private First Class Gerald A. Gessner
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: September 25, 1967 / Age: 21
Died in service
1918
Pvt. Albert Gessweine
Bowden, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 137th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 28, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of heart disease on Oct. 28, 1918.