FALLEN
Korean War
Corporal Nicholas A. Pfliger
Hazen, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:21st Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:24th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 11, 1950 / Age:
Private Thomas C. Odenbaugh
Golden Valley County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:29th Regimental Combat Team
Date of Loss: August 22, 1950 / Age:
Private First Class Martin J. Glasser
Morton County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:61st Field Artillery Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Cavalry Division
Date of Loss: September 13, 1950 / Age:
Sergeant Leslie C. Thompson
Pembina 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: November 28, 1950 / Age:
Sergeant Donald Leroy Duff
Sargent County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:2nd Engineer Combat Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:2nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 01, 1950 / Age:
He was captured while fighting the enemy near Kunu-ri, North Korea and interned as a Prisoner of War. He was not among those returned at the wars end, and is listed as Missing in Action.
Lieutenant Colonel Carl C. Jensen
Wells County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:3d Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:24th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 12, 1950 / Age: 38
Colonel Jensen remained behind and personally directed the withdrawal of all units of his Battalion. When the withdrawal was complete, he himself began to withdraw from the forward position, collecting stragglers as he withdrew.
1st Lieutenant Ward Orville Neville
Zap, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:3rd Engineer Combat Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:24th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: August 11, 1950 / Age: 32
He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for actions near the Naktong River while on a search and destroy patrol. In this mission, Neville and his 13 men were attacked by an estimated 200 enemy rifleman.
Private Vincent J. Eicholtz
Cass County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:29th Regimental Combat Team
Date of Loss: July 27, 1950 / Age:
Private First Class Peter Ternes
Raleigh, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:71st Signal Service Battalion
Date of Loss: June 30, 1950 / Age:
Corporal Marvin Jerome Myhre
New Rockford, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 6407th Ammunition Handling Unit
Date of Loss: August 23, 1950 / Age: 21
Initial reports indicated he met his death when a vehicle in which he was riding missed a turn and was wrecked near the front lines in Korea. Further investigation determined that enemy sniper fire caused the accident.
Sergeant First Class Bertil S. Larson
Cass 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: September 14, 1950 / Age: 26
Corporal Marvin Boschee
Logan County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:15th Anti-Aircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:7th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 28, 1950 / Age: 20
1st Lieutenant Robert Gerard Schmitt
Sykeston, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:3rd Battalion, 31st Regimental Combat Team
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:7th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 01, 1950 / Age: 27
"Wounded in both legs and wearing a U.S. Army field coat peppered with bullet holes, 1st Lt. Robert Schmitt led a desperate U.S. hilltop assault against advancing Chinese forces in one of the bloodiest battles of the Korean War. He never returned."
Private First Class James K. Taylor
Cass County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:32nd Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:7th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 02, 1950 / Age:
Private Lavern Paul Gohl
Williams County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:2nd Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:24th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 16, 1950 / Age:
He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy in South Korea and forced to march to North Korea on the "Tiger Death March." He died while a prisoner at Manpo, North Korea on October 21, 1950. His remains were never recovered.