State Heroes

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

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. 

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

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

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:

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

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

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:

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:

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

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:

Master Sergeant Leo J. Kraft

McHenry County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

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

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:

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:

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:

Private Ronald Wayne Hagen

Grand Forks County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Battery

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:82nd Anti-Aircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) 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.