State Heroes
2006
Specialist Michael L. Hermanson
Fargo, ND
Iraq (OIF/OND/OIR)
Branch of Service: National Guard
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 164th Engineer Battalion
Date of Loss: May 23, 2006 / Age: 21
Died May 23 of injuries sustained when his RG-31 Mine Protected Vehicle came under attack from an improvised explosive device, a rocket-propelled grenade and enemy small-arms fire while on a route-clearing mission during combat operations in Abayachi,
1952
Private First Class Charles R. Hermes
Richland County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 223rd Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 40th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: March 27, 1952 / Age: 24
1919
Cpl. Alexander Herrstromer
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 40th Infantry
Date of Loss: May 22, 1919 / Age: 27
Died of an accidental fracture, on May 22, 1919.
Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1968
1st Lt. Rodger Ray Hertel
Portal, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 28th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 26, 1968 / Age: 25
Killed in action in Binh Duong, South Vietnam through hostile small arms fire.
1918
Clarence Edwin Hesgard
Buxton, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company No. 35, 9th Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on Oct. 13, 1918.
Buried at Buxton, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Pvt. A. J. Hetland
Enderlin, NDWounded in Action.
1952
Corporal Allen S. Hewitt
Carrington, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 35th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 25th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 30, 1952 / Age: 20
1918
Pvt. Elmer Hiatt
Flagler, IAWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 139th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 27
Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 19, 1921, and buried in Grave 3307, European Section, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
1918
Pvt. Ferdinand Hibner
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 137th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division
Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 30
Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918.
Buried in Grave 10, Row 21, Block A, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1919
AS Clarence Philip Hickner
World War I
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Scranton
Date of Loss: March 28, 1919 / Age: 18
Died on USS Scranton on March 28, 1919.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1347 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Pvt. Lawrence E. Higbee
Glen Ullin, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 358th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 12, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on Sept. 12, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 1, 1921, and buried in Grave 3278, Arlington National Cemetery, Va.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1944
Pvt. Jerome P. Higgins
Grand Forks, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 182nd Infantry Regiment, Americal Division
Date of Loss: September 24, 1944 / Age: 19
Killed in action on Bougainville.
1918
Pvt. Oscar Hilden
Ellendale, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 137th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action, on Sept. 29, 1918.
Buried in Grave 11, Row 21, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Carl Hildenbrand
Ashley, NDWorld War I
Date of Loss: November 11, 1918 / Age:
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Karl Hildenbrand.
Information NOT found in the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1945
Staff Sergeant Harley S. Hill
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: May 13, 1945 / Age: 25
Killed in action in Bancal, Mindanao