State Heroes
1972
Sergeant Elroy Lane Haaland
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Air Force
Date of Loss: September 23, 1972 / Age: 20
Died in service while on leave during the war
1968
Gunner's Mate 3rd Class Gerald D. Haberman
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: May 09, 1968 / Age: 26
Died while in service
1969
Specialist 4 David Peter Haegele
Napoleon, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 5th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 25th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 08, 1969 / Age: 20
On February 08, 1969, the Recon Platoon conducted a RIF southwest of Trung Lap in the area of XT 5619. Companies A and B were conducting a RIF 2 kilometers east of Trung Lap in the area of XT 6222. Scattered contact started at around 1200 hours.
1918
Corporal Henry Hafener
Mooreton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 77th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of broncho pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 13, 1918.
Buried at Mooreton, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Henry Hafner.
1918
Cpl. John Math Hafner
Wahpeton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 20, 1918 / Age: 26
Killed in action on July 20, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Jan. 17, 1921, and buried at Wahpeton, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Fritchjof Hagboe
Barton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 22nd Company, Machine Gun Training Center
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 6, 1918.
Buried at Barton Zion Lutheran Cemetery
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1944
Private First Class Robert W. Hageman
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 363rd Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 91st Infantry Division
Date of Loss: September 17, 1944 / Age: 19
Killed in action in Macello, Italy
1919
Stable Sgt. Carl Lewis Hagen
Fergus Falls, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 238th Company, Military Police Corps
Date of Loss: June 26, 1919 / Age: 33
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Merritt, N. J., on June 26, 1919.
Buried at Fergus Falls, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1950
Private Ronald Wayne Hagen
Grand Forks County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Battery
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 82nd Anti-Aircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 2nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 01, 1950 / Age:
He was captured while fighting the enemy near Kunu-ri, North Korea and interned as a Prisoner of War. He was not among those returned at the wars end, and is listed as Missing in Action.
1953
Sergeant First Class Orlin K. Hagen
Traill County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 48th Field Artillery Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 7th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 07, 1953 / Age: 32
1945
Private First Class Merlin J. Hagen
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 405th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 102nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: January 18, 1945 / Age: 23
Killed in action in Germany
1943
Private First Class Mynor A. Hagen
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 105th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 27th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 12, 1943 / Age: 24
Killed in action in Saipan
1971
1st Lieutenant Loren Douglas Hagen
Fargo, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Special Forces
Date of Loss: August 07, 1971 / Age: 25
At approximately 0630 hours on the morning of 7 August 1971 the small team came under a fierce assault by a superior-sized enemy force using heavy small arms, automatic weapons, mortar, and rocket fire. 1st Lt.
1945
Private Ronald W. Hagen
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: January 04, 1945 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Luxembourg
1944
Private Waldemar J. Hagen
Hillsboro, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: Third Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron
Date of Loss: August 25, 1944 / Age: 34
Killed in action near France.