FALLEN
Korean War
1950
Private First Class Morrlyn Dwight Kranzler
Grand Forks, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:2nd Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:5th Marines
Date of Loss: August 17, 1950 / Age: 19
1950
Corporal Lawrence Clover
Pembina 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 05, 1950 / Age:
1950
Private Dale D. Crow
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:2nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: September 09, 1950 / Age: 17
On 9 September 1950, PVT Dale Duane Crow was involved in an attack against a strongly defended enemy position on Hill 285 near Sibi-ri, south of Taigi, South Korea. It was during this attack that Crow was seriously injured.
1950
Private Peter White Lightning
Sioux County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:27th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:25th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 11, 1950 / Age: 22
1950
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.
1950
Corporal Nicholas A. Pfliger
Hazen, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:21st Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:24th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 11, 1950 / Age:
1950
Master Sergeant Archie K. Bellon
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:1st Battaloin
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:7th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 27, 1950 / Age: 37
Killed in the battle of the Chosin Reservoir
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
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
Private First Class Peter Ternes
Raleigh, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:71st Signal Service Battalion
Date of Loss: June 30, 1950 / Age:
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.
1950
Corporal Milton P. Billigmeier
Stutsman County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:3rd Battalion, 29th Infantry Regimental Combat Team
Date of Loss: July 27, 1950 / Age:
He was listed as Missing in Action while fighting the enemy near Hadong, South Korea on July 27, 1950 and was presumed dead on February 24, 1954.