State Heroes Total:
3943
Service Branch

Korean War

Raymond W. Elgland photo 1951

Private First Class Raymond W. Elgland

Logan 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: July 17, 1951 / Age: 33

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

Leonard Thomas photo 1951

Private Leonard Thomas

Benson County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:14th Infantry Regiment

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

Date of Loss: September 21, 1951 / Age:

Donald D. Korte photo 1951

Corporal Donald D. Korte

Dickinson, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment

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

Date of Loss: October 10, 1951 / Age:

Killed in Action while attacking "Line Jamestown" during "Operation Commando" in North Korea.

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. 

Leland K. Sime photo 1951

Private Leland K. Sime

Rolette County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: I Company

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:7th Cavalry Regiment

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

Date of Loss: November 08, 1951 / Age:

Leo B. Bertrand photo 1951

Corporal Leo B. Bertrand

Cass County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: March 02, 1951 / Age: 20

Fred W. Monson Jr. photo 1951

Private First Class Fred W. Monson Jr.

Williams County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: April 26, 1951 / Age:

Leo J. Kraft photo 1951

Master Sergeant Leo J. Kraft

McHenry County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: May 31, 1951 / Age: 24

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

Clyde Bearstail photo 1951

Private First Class Clyde Bearstail

McLean County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: June 08, 1951 / Age:

Seymour R. Adsem photo 1951

Private First Class Seymour R. Adsem

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: July 31, 1951 / Age:

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, World War II (WWII)

Louis A. Simonson photo 1951

Sergeant Louis A. Simonson

Korean War, World War II (WWII)

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

Keith A. Jensen photo 1951

2nd Lieutenant Keith A. Jensen

Korean War, World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery B

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:52nd Field Artillery Battalion

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

Date of Loss: October 16, 1951 / Age:

Killed in Action 

Buried in Block 14, Lot 5, Grave3, Addition 3 Forest Hill Cemetery, Anoka, MN

Name is on Korean War Veterans Memorial in DC

Name is on ND All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND