State Heroes Total:
3943
Service Branch

Korean War

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

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:

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

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

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.

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

Duane A. Miller photo 1951

Private Duane A. Miller

Richland County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: G Company

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

Date of Loss: June 06, 1951 / Age:

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. 

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:

Van W.  Paulson photo 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

Robert J. Smith photo 1950

Corporal Robert J. Smith

Cass 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: September 15, 1950 / Age:

Cletus R. Lies photo 1950

Corporal Cletus R. Lies

Bremen, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Medical Company

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:32nd Infantry Regiment

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

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

He was Killed in Action, while tending wounded comrades near the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea. He went to the aid of MSG Leo Russave and died in the attempt. His remains were recovered and were accounted for Dec. 7, 2013.

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 (WWII)

Louis A. Simonson photo 1951

Sergeant Louis A. Simonson

Korean War, World War II (WWII)

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