State Heroes

Private Paul Lawrence Samuelson

Calmar, IA

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: March 01, 1930 / Age: 30

Died at Fort Snelling, Minn., Veterans Hospital, March, 1930.

Buried at Calmar, Iowa.

Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Almer Conrad Thompson

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: November 25, 1918 / Age: 22

Died of pneumonia on Nov. 25, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 4, page 3214 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Ralph Noyes Van Fleet

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

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

2nd Lieutenant Clarence Aaberg

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Air Force

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 711th Bomber Squadron, 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

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 385th Infantry Regiment, 76th Infantry Division

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

Died in service in Germany

Staff Sergeant Jasper Aaser

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.

2nd 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

Private Vincent C. Abrahamson

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division

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

Killed in Action in Philippine Islands

Staff Sgt. Carroll Abrahamson

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Air Force

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 97th Bomber Squadron, 47th Bomber Group, Light

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

Killed in action in Italy.

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

PFC Emanuel Adams

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 30th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division

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

Killed in action near Nettuno, Italy