State Heroes
Korean War
1951
Sergeant First Class Donald Wayne Arneson
Hillsboro, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:1st Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:25th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 25, 1951 / Age: 29
He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea. His remains were never recovered.
1951
Sergeant John R. Arman
Burleigh County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:187th Airborne Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: August 17, 1951 / Age: 21
Died of wounds on August 17, 1951. These wounds were sustained from the enemy in North Korea on May 29, 1951.
1951
Private First Class Earl Purdon Mollerud
Wahpeton, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Air/Navy Gunfire Liaison Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:1st Signal Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Marine Division
Date of Loss: June 08, 1951 / Age: 20
He was killed when his jeep hit a land mine.
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
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
1951
Private David V. Haman
Rolette 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: September 22, 1951 / Age:
1951
Corporal Alfred Lavallie Jr.
Rolette 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: October 10, 1951 / Age: 19
1951
Sergeant Donald P. Cullen
Cass 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: January 07, 1951 / Age:
1951
Sergeant First Class Thomas J. Tighe
Wells County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 24th Recon Company
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:24th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 10, 1951 / Age:
1951
Private First Class Vernon Lloyd Brokke
Reynolds, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Marines
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:1st Ordnance Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Marine Division
Date of Loss: March 04, 1951 / Age: 20
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:
1951
Master Sergeant Leo J. Kraft
McHenry County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: May 31, 1951 / Age: 24
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:
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:
1951
Second Lieutenant Leo F. Braunagel
Korean War
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:97th Bomber Group
Date of Loss: February 03, 1951 / Age: 22
Killed in Action Bassingbourn England. USAF.
Buried in plot 55 Grave 1 Section B St. Cecilia Cemetery Harvey ND
Name is not on Korean War Memorial in DC
1951
Private First Class Edward G. Taasevigen
Korean War
Branch of Service: Marines
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:1st Amphibious Tractor Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Marine Division
Date of Loss: September 16, 1951 / Age: 25
He was killed in action during an assault in Inchon, South Korea