State Heroes Total:
3932
Service Branch

Korean War

Charles Herbert Blomberg photo 1951

1st Lieutenant Charles Herbert Blomberg

Dickinson, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:36th Fighter Bomber Squadron

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:8th Fighter Bomber Group

Date of Loss: July 01, 1951 / Age: 22

While on a combat mission, his aircraft received a direct hit by anti-aircraft fire, exploded in mid-air and crashed. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on December 31, 1953. 

Michael L. Kennedy photo 1951

Private First Class Michael L. Kennedy

Grand Forks 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: July 07, 1951 / Age:

Wallace D. Hande photo 1951

Private First Class Wallace D. Hande

Rhame, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:372nd Air Force Bomber Squadron

Date of Loss: September 13, 1951 / Age: 25

Wallace G. McLean photo 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

Eugene A. De Sautel photo 1951

Sergeant First Class Eugene A. De Sautel

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: October 05, 1951 / Age:

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

James F. Sand photo 1951

Private First Class James F. Sand

Towner 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 24, 1951 / Age:

Marion E. Hudecek photo 1951

Private First Class Marion E. Hudecek

Slope County, 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: February 12, 1951 / Age:

Clyde R. Colvin photo 1951

Private First Class Clyde R. Colvin

Ward 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: November 22, 1951 / Age:

Clarence E. Opperud photo 1951

Corporal Clarence E. Opperud

Divide County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: April 04, 1951 / Age: 23

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. 

Dennis Harold Brady photo 1951

Corporal Dennis Harold Brady

Eddy County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:2nd Battalion

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

Date of Loss: May 17, 1951 / Age: 19

He was listed as Missing in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea on May 17, 1951 and was presumed dead on December 31, 1953.

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

Louis A. Simonson photo 1951

Sergeant Louis A. Simonson

Korean War, World War II

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