State Heroes
Korean War
1951
Corporal Raymond S. Porter
Morton County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: F Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:2d Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:2nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: October 10, 1951 / Age:
1951
Private First Class Walter D. Lien
Walsh County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:35th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:25th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: January 29, 1951 / Age: 27
1951
Private First Class Clifford T. Gilstad
McKenzie County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Medical Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:7th Cavalry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Cavalry Division
Date of Loss: November 10, 1951 / Age:
Killed in Action while tending his wounded comrades in North Korea on November 10, 1951. His remains were never recovered.
1951
Private First Class Gene F. Klos
Mercer County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:25th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: March 07, 1951 / Age:
1951
Private Fred Beecher Sayre
Traill County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:24th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 27, 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.
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
1951
Private First Class Edward H. Sommerfeld
Nelson County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:2nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 02, 1951 / Age:
1951
Private William A. Bullinger
Sioux County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:7th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 11, 1951 / Age: 22
1951
Corporal Arthur L. Alveshere
Harvey, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:9th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:2nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: August 26, 1951 / Age: 25
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
1951
Private John D. Park
Foster 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 03, 1951 / Age:
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
1951
Private First Class Louis C. Kelly
Sioux 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: October 15, 1951 / Age:
1951
Private William J. Lafrance
McHenry County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: B Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:7th Cavalry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Cavalry Division
Date of Loss: February 04, 1951 / Age: 21
Awarded the Silver Star posthumously.
Korean War, World War II (WWII)
1951
2nd Lieutenant Colin L. Campbell
Korean War, World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Air Force
Date of Loss: December 04, 1951 / Age: 26
Died in service
1951
Sergeant Martin M. Lund
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: September 23, 1951 / Age: 20
Died in service in Elizabethtown, Kentucky