State Heroes Total:
3933
Service Branch
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 

Korean War

Clyde R. Colvin photo 1951

Private First Class Clyde R. Colvin

Ward County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:17th Infantry Regiment

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

Date of Loss: November 22, 1951 / Age:

Clarence E. Opperud photo 1951

Corporal Clarence E. Opperud

Divide County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:25th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: April 04, 1951 / Age: 23

Dennis Harold Brady photo 1951

Corporal Dennis Harold Brady

Eddy County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H

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

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

Date of Loss: May 17, 1951 / Age: 19

He was listed as Missing in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea on May 17, 1951 and was presumed dead on December 31, 1953.

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

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. 

Duane A. Miller photo 1951

Private Duane A. Miller

Richland County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: G Company

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

Date of Loss: June 06, 1951 / Age:

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:

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

Robert Lee Wanner photo 1951

Private First Class Robert Lee Wanner

Belfield, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Weapons Company

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:2nd Battalion, 1st Marines

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

Date of Loss: September 16, 1951 / Age: 21

Marvin L. Eggleston photo 1951

Private Marvin L. Eggleston

Benson County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:23rd Infantry Regiment

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

Date of Loss: October 07, 1951 / Age:

Harvey E. Swartzel Jr. photo 1951

Private Harvey E. Swartzel Jr.

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: July 02, 1951 / Age: 19

Died in service in Chattanooga, Tennessee

Alfred Anderson Jr. photo 1951

Private First Class Alfred Anderson Jr.

Traill County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:5th Cavalry Regiment

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

Date of Loss: October 25, 1951 / Age: 20

Kenneth Hefta photo 1951

Corporal Kenneth Hefta

Traill County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: February 14, 1951 / Age:

He was captured during the Korean War and interned as a Prisoner of War. He was not among those returned at the wars end, and is listed as Missing in Action. His remains have never been recovered.

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