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1950

Private Duncan Lafrance Thorsteinson

Bantry, ND

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: July 16, 1950 / Age: 21

Killed in action.

Korean War

1950

Private Herbert Edward Buik

Wells County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:27th Infantry Regiment

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

Date of Loss: July 26, 1950 / 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.

1950

Corporal Wilmer R. Pfeifle

Hettinger County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:29th Regimental Combat Team

Date of Loss: August 19, 1950 / Age:

1950

Corporal Thomas F. Murphy

Cass County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:16th Recon Squadron

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

Date of Loss: September 10, 1950 / Age:

1950

Lieutenant Colonel James Alfred Rippin

Fort Totten, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Air Force

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:5th Air Force

Date of Loss: November 13, 1950 / Age: 31

His airplane crashed while on a flight from Japan to Korea.

1950

2nd Lieutenant Damon J. Larson

Korean War

Branch of Service: Marines

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

Date of Loss: November 28, 1950 / Age: 24

Killed in action in Yudamni, Korea

1950

Sergeant Donald Leroy Duff

Sargent County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:2nd Engineer Combat 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.

1950

1st Lieutenant Robert Gerard Schmitt

Sykeston, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:3rd Battalion, 31st Regimental Combat Team

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

Date of Loss: December 01, 1950 / Age: 27

"Wounded in both legs and wearing a U.S. Army field coat peppered with bullet holes, 1st Lt. Robert Schmitt led a desperate U.S. hilltop assault against advancing Chinese forces in one of the bloodiest battles of the Korean War. He never returned."

1950

1st Lieutenant Vernon A. Lindvig

Lakota, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Air Force

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 339th All Weather Squadron

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:35th Fighter Interceptor Wing

Date of Loss: June 28, 1950 / Age: 26

Lost while returning from operations to cover Rheinholte in the Yellow Sea. His plane crashed in mountains short of the runway at Iwakuni during bad weather.