State Heroes

Sergeant John D. Haugen

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 18th AAF Bomber Squadron

Date of Loss: March 04, 1945 / Age: 22

Killed in action in France

Private First Class Richard E. Haugen

Stevens, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 21st Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 24th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: November 06, 1944 / Age: 26

Killed in action in the Philippines.

Colonel Orin D. Haugen

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 11th Airborne Division

Date of Loss: February 22, 1945 / Age: 37

Colonel Haugen was in Parañaque when he was hit by a fragment from a 20mm anti-aircraft shell that the Japanese were firing at his troops.

Second Lieutenant Carl P. Haugen

Reynolds, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 29th Bomber Squadron, Heavy

Date of Loss: May 21, 1945 / Age: 24

Died while in MIA status. Lost on a patrol near the Galapagos Islands.

Pvt. Lars Haugen

Alkabo, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 352nd Infantry Regiment, 88th Division

Date of Loss: October 21, 1918 / Age: 22

Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 21, 1918.

Buried, Grave 32, Row 15, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Private First Class Paul R. Haugen

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 350th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 88th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: October 03, 1944 / Age: 24

Killed in action in Italy

Farrier Orville Taylor Haughtelin

Starkweather, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 164th Infantry

Date of Loss: February 18, 1919 / Age: 24

Died of heart failure at Neuf Chateau, France, on Feb. 18, 1919.

Buried, Grave 4, Row 41, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Sam Alfred Haugstad

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery F, 2nd Field Artillery

Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 31

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 12, 1918.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Information found in Volume 2, page 1279 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Private First Class Orvis A. Haugtvedt

Steele County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 5th Infantry Regiment Combat Team

Date of Loss: September 24, 1950 / Age:

Civilian Steven Andrew Haukness

Vietnam Conflict

Date of Loss: January 31, 1968 / Age:

From DPAA:

Private First Class Arnold H. Hausauer

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 382nd Infantry Regiment

Date of Loss: June 18, 1945 / Age: 20

Killed in action in Okinawa

Specialist 4 Robert Clyde Hausken

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: January 22, 1969 / Age: 21

Died in service in Fargo, ND following an illness of several months. 

Corporal Joe F. Hausler

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 15th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: Third Infantry Division

Date of Loss: May 02, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near Italy.

August Havervold

Schafer, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 14th Trench Mortar Battery

Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 26

Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 7, 1918.

Buried at Schafer, N. Dak.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Private First Class Sheldon Hawk Eagle

Grand Forks, ND

Iraq Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 320th Field Artillery

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)

Date of Loss: November 15, 2003 / Age: 21

Killed Nov. 15 when two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters crashed in Mosul, Iraq.