FALLEN

Private Erwin Friedrich Wolff

Wishek, ND

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:12th Bomber Squadron

Date of Loss: March 16, 1941 / Age:

Drowned in the Atlantic Ocean.

Sergeant First Class Darren M. Linde

Devils Lake, ND

Afghanistan (OEF/OFS)

Branch of Service: National Guard

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 818th Engineer Company, Williston, ND

Date of Loss: December 03, 2012 / Age: 41

Died Dec. 3 in southern Afghanistan of wounds caused by an improvised explosive device.

Specialist Tyler J. Orgaard

Bismarck, ND

Afghanistan (OEF/OFS)

Branch of Service: National Guard

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 818th Engineer Company, Williston, ND

Date of Loss: December 03, 2012 / Age: 20

Died Dec. 3 in southern Afghanistan of wounds caused by an improvised explosive device.

Specialist Keenan A. Cooper

Wahpeton, ND

Afghanistan (OEF/OFS)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:4th Squadron

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:82nd Airborne Division

Date of Loss: July 05, 2010 / Age: 19

Died July 5, 2010 in Yakuta, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive devi

Sergeant Travis A. Van Zoest

Bismarck, ND

Afghanistan (OEF/OFS)

Branch of Service: National Guard

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

Date of Loss: June 06, 2006 / Age: 21

Killed June 6 when his Humvee struck two anti-tank mines during combat operations in Khogyani, Afghanistan.

Specialist Curtis R. Mehrer

Bismarck, ND

Afghanistan (OEF/OFS)

Branch of Service: National Guard

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

Date of Loss: June 06, 2006 / Age: 21

Killed June 6 when his Humvee struck two anti-tank mines during combat operations in Khogyani, Afghanistan.

Corporal Nathan J. Good Iron

Mandaree, ND

Afghanistan (OEF/OFS)

Branch of Service: National Guard

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

Date of Loss: November 23, 2006 / Age: 25

Died Nov. 23 of injuries sustained when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using small-arms fire and rocket propelled grenades in Qarabagh, Afghanistan.

Specialist Chris Kleinwachter

Wahpeton, ND

Afghanistan (OEF/OFS)

Branch of Service: National Guard

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

Date of Loss: November 30, 2006 / Age: 29

Died Nov. 30 of injuries sustained when his vehicle rolled over during combat operations in Ghazni, Afghanistan.

Captain Jeffry Jon Olson

Grand Forks, ND

Desert Storm

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:340th Bomber Squadron

Date of Loss: February 03, 1991 / Age: 28

Died while on a bombing mission in support of Operation Desert Storm.

Staff Sergeant David C. Kuehl

Wahpeton, ND

Iraq (OIF/OND/OIR)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:4th Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:2nd Infantry Division

Date of Loss: May 22, 2007 / Age: 27

Died May 22 in Taji, Iraq, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his unit.

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,

Corporal Jeremiah S. Santos

Devils Lake, ND

Iraq (OIF/OND/OIR)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:2nd Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:4th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: June 15, 2006 / Age: 21

Died June 15, 2006 in Baghdad, Iraq of injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV during combat operations.

Specialist Paul A. Beyer

Jamestown, ND

Iraq (OIF/OND/OIR)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:2nd Battalion

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

Date of Loss: June 23, 2006 / Age: 21

Died June 23 from injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee during combat operations in the vicinity of Baghdad.

Specialist Dennis J. Ferderer Jr.

New Salem, ND

Iraq (OIF/OND/OIR)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:3rd Infantry Division

Date of Loss: November 02, 2005 / Age: 20

Killed Nov. 2 when enemy forces threw a hand grenade at his Humvee during convoy operations in Duluiyah, Iraq.

Sergeant Keith L. Smette

Fargo, ND

Iraq (OIF/OND/OIR)

Branch of Service: National Guard

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 957th Engineer Company

Date of Loss: January 24, 2004 / Age: 25

Died Jan. 24 when his convoy was attacked by an improvised explosive device north of Fallujah, Iraq.