State Heroes
World War II (WWII)
1943
Staff Sergeant Kenneth A. Klose
Buchanan, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 506th Bomber Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 44th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Loss: March 22, 1943 / Age: 24
Brother to PFC Robert H.
1944
Electrician's Mate Second Class Adam Jack Klupp
Regent, ND
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age:
Died when Arisan Maru, transporting Allied Prisoners of War from the Philippines to Japan, was sunk by USS Shark (SS-314)
1944
Electrician's Mate Second Class Adam J. Klupp
Regent, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy
Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age: 26
Died while in a POW camp.
1945
Corporal Ward H. Knable
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 673rd Bomber Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 417th Bomber Group, Light
Date of Loss: February 12, 1945 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.
1944
Staff Sergeant Theodore Knapp
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 323rd Bomber Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 91st Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Loss: November 02, 1944 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Germany
1944
Major George W. Knauer
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 2675th Allied Control Regiment
Date of Loss: September 19, 1944 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.
1943
Private First Class Edward N. Kniefel
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 161st Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: August 01, 1943 / Age: 28
Killed in action in New Georgia
1945
Technician Fourth Class John C. Knight
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 899th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Date of Loss: March 12, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action near Belgium.
1944
Private First Class James A. Knutson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: Sixth Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron
Date of Loss: December 02, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near France.
1944
Motor Machinist's Mate First Class Gilmore J. Knutson
Sherwood, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: February 29, 1944 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.
Killed in action on the USS Trout in the Philippines Basin.
1944
Staff Sergeant Arthur S. Knutson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 333 Field Artillery Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 38 Infantry Division
Date of Loss: May 12, 1944 / Age: 25
Killed in Action 12 May 1944, Italy.
Buried in Evanger Cemetery Norma North Dakota.
Name included on page 784 of Register of North Dakota Veterans World War II1941-1945.
1945
Staff Sergeant Ernest F. Knutson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 358th Air Baser Squadron Army Corps
Date of Loss: March 13, 1945 / Age: 23
Died in service in Blythe, California
1944
Technical Sergeant Harold M. Knutson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 379th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 95th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 06, 1944 / Age: 24
Killed in action in Germany
1945
Major Richard J. Knapp
Binford ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: April 23, 1945 / Age: 25
Died in service in Rumkhapalong, India
1946
Coxswain Leslie A. Knutson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: April 08, 1946 / Age: 19
Died in service on Wake Island