State Heroes

Ralph Noyes Van Fleet

Minot, ND

World War I (WWI) Student Army Training Corps (SATC)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Students Army Training Corps

Date of Loss: November 17, 1918 / Age: 21

Died of pneumonia on Nov. 17, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 4, page 3325 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Gordon Norton Vorous

Mott, ND

World War I (WWI) Student Army Training Corps (SATC)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps

Date of Loss: October 22, 1918 / Age: 20

Died of influenza on Oct. 22, 1918, at Jamestown, N. Dak.

Buried, Mott, N. Dak.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Hettinger and Stutsman counties.

Private Elmer Ben Winters

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps UND Grand Forks ND

Date of Loss: October 20, 1918 / Age: 26

Died while serving as a member of the Student Army Training Corps on the UND campus in Grand Forks during the 1918 flu pandemic. Name included on the UND S.A.T.C. website

Buried at Prairie View Cemetery, Barnes County, North Dakota.

Private Hiram Ornn Wiper

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps UND Grand Forks ND

Date of Loss: October 25, 1918 / Age: 19

Died while serving as a member of the Student Army Training Corps on the UND campus in Grand Forks during the 1918 flu pandemic. Name included on the UND S.A.T.C. website

Buried at Forman Cemetery, Sargent County, North Dakota.

Second Lieutenant Clarence Aaberg

Alexandria, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 711th Bomber Squadron

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 447th Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Loss: February 25, 1944 / Age: 26

While returning from a mission to Regensburg, Germany, his B-17, "Rosemary III", lost 3 engines. He was able to nurse it back to southern England where his crew was able to bail out safely but his parachute failed to open.

Private First Class Sidney Aamodt

Hamar, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 355th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 89th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: March 16, 1945 / Age: 24

Killed in action in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg.

Private First Class Robert L. Aas

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 385th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 76th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: March 08, 1945 / Age: 19

Died in service in Germany

Staff Sergeant Jasper Aaser

Hamlin, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 359th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: January 10, 1945 / Age:

Killed in action East of Bastogne, Ardennes, Belgium.

Second Lieutenant Jay D. Abelein

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 348th Night Fighter Squadron

Date of Loss: July 26, 1943 / Age: 22

Died in service in Christmas, Fla

Staff Sergeant Carroll Abrahamson

De Lamere, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 97th Bomber Squadron

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 47th Bomber Group, Light

Date of Loss: October 21, 1943 / Age: 22

Killed in action in Italy.

Private Vincent C. Abrahamson

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 19th Infantry Regiment

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

Date of Loss: June 07, 1945 / Age: 18

Killed in Action in Philippine Islands

Private Arnold R. Achtenberg

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: January 18, 1943 / Age: 24

Killed in Action in Solomon Islands

Private First Class Emanuel Adams

Goodrich, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 30th Infantry Regiment

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

Date of Loss: January 30, 1944 / Age: 27

Killed in action near Nettuno, Italy

Electrician's Mate Third Class Donald Adams

Wahpeton, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve

Date of Loss: May 28, 1945 / Age: 19

Killed in action in Okinawa, Japan.

Remains not recovered.

Private First Class Arthur Adolphy

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 377th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 95th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: November 18, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action in France.