State Heroes
1952
Private Alton Elmer Graf
Kintyre, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Battalion, 279th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 45th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: August 18, 1952 / Age: 22
He was listed as Missing in Action when carried away by a flash flood while crossing the river near Inje, North Korea on August 18, 1952 and was presumed dead on December 31, 1953.
1919
Lt. Col. Gilbert Collins Grafton
South Fargo, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: US Army Air Service School
Date of Loss: February 05, 1919 / Age: 58
Died at Camp Hospital No. 24, AEF, on Feb. 5, 1919.
Buried, Grave 6, Row 9. Block B, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1944
Staff Sergeant Zenophile L. Grandbois
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: September 18, 1944 / Age: 23
Killed in action in Italy
1918
Cpl. Oscar E. Granlund
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 20, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on July 20, 1918.
Buried, Grave 6, Row 6, Block D, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Mechanic John A. Granlund
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 22, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on July 22, 1918.
Buried, Grave 1, Row 36, Block D, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Private Albert Grass
Cannon Ball, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 18th Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: July 18, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action at Soissons-Paris Road, July 18, 1918. His company was entrenched along the Paris, Soissons Road south of the Chemin de Dames and he volunteered to get some water for his buddies.
1942
Second Lieutenant Arvid J. Grasvik
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 26, 1942 / Age: 26
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
1918
Pvt.1st Class William John Gravell
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 47th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division
Date of Loss: August 08, 1918 / Age: 28
Died on Aug. 8, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 13, Row 16, Block A, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Freeman L. Gravley
Sargent, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 40th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 03, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of broncho pneumonia on Oct. 3, 1918, at Camp Custer, Mich.
Buried at Sargent, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Cpl. Royal Osmer Gray
Lakota, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 47th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 30, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on Sept. 30, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 19, 1921, and buried at Lakota, N. Dak.
1944
Second Lieutenant Ernest L. Gray
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: June 19, 1944 / Age: 27
Killed in action in France
1944
Staff Sergeant George A. Gray
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 735th AAF Bomber Squadron
Date of Loss: February 06, 1944 / Age: 19
Killed in action in the English Channel
1964
Major Virgil Raymond Greany
Rugby, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: September 25, 1964 / Age: 33
In Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) Quang Tin province, hostile, ground casualty, explosive device.
1942
Seaman Second Class Wallace E. Green
Cartwright, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: June 28, 1942 / Age: 25
Died while on board the SS Tillie Lykes, an American steam merchant, when it was torpedoed by a German submarine about 100 miles south of the Dominican Republic. His body was lost at sea and was not recovered.
