State Heroes Total:
3937
Service Branch

Korean War

Allen Lyle Mettler photo 1951

Private First Class Allen Lyle Mettler

Drake, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: K Company

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:9th Infantry Regiment

Date of Loss: February 12, 1951 / Age: 21

He was captured and unaccounted for when the war ended and was listed as Missing in Action. His remains were recovered, identified, and returned to the United Sates in 2006.

Robert O. Haugen photo 1951

Private First Class Robert O. Haugen

Stutsman County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:8th Cavalry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Cavalry Division

Date of Loss: November 21, 1951 / Age:

Russell D. Peterson photo 1951

Corporal Russell D. Peterson

Nelson County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: C Company

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Cavalry Division

Date of Loss: March 12, 1951 / Age: 23

Leland P. Molland photo 1951

Lieutenant Colonel Leland P. Molland

Fargo, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:Headquarters Squadron

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:15th Air Force

Date of Loss: May 16, 1951 / Age: 32

"Lieutenant Colonel Molland was the pilot of a T-33A Shooting Star fighter with the Headquarters Squadron, 49th Fighter Bomber Group.

John R. Ogilvie photo 1951

Corporal John R. Ogilvie

Ramsey County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:7th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: June 05, 1951 / Age:

Eugene R. Van Steenvoort photo 1951

Corporal Eugene R. Van Steenvoort

Devils Lake, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery C

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:38th Field Artillery Battalion

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

Date of Loss: June 01, 1951 / Age: 19

He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy near Kunu-ri, North Korea on November 30, 1950 and died while a prisoner on June 1, 1951. 

Van W.  Paulson photo 1951

Private Van W. Paulson

Korean War

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:47th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: June 21, 1951 / Age: 21

Died in service in Williston, ND

Wallace G. McLean photo 1951

Sergeant Wallace G. McLean

Korean War

Branch of Service: Air Force

Date of Loss: October 13, 1951 / Age: 22

Died in service in Bossier City, Louisiana

Louis D. Olson photo 1951

Private Louis D. Olson

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: December 30, 1951 / Age: 22

Died in service in Carroll, Iowa

Orin L. Stenehjem photo 1951

Captain Orin L. Stenehjem

Korean War

Branch of Service: Air Force

Date of Loss: November 09, 1951 / Age: 19

Died in service in Austin, Texas

Michael L. Kennedy photo 1951

Private First Class Michael L. Kennedy

Grand Forks County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:19th Infantry Regiment

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

Date of Loss: July 07, 1951 / Age:

Wallace D. Hande photo 1951

Private First Class Wallace D. Hande

Rhame, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:372nd Air Force Bomber Squadron

Date of Loss: September 13, 1951 / Age: 25

Eugene A. De Sautel photo 1951

Sergeant First Class Eugene A. De Sautel

Walsh County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:38th Infantry Regiment

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

Date of Loss: October 05, 1951 / Age:

Korean War, World War II

Louis A. Simonson photo 1951

Sergeant Louis A. Simonson

Korean War, World War II

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 20, 1951 / Age: 33

Died in service in Holland, Michigan

Martin M. Lund photo 1951

Sergeant Martin M. Lund

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: September 23, 1951 / Age: 20

Died in service in Elizabethtown, Kentucky