State Heroes
Korean War
1950
Sergeant Joseph M. Orr
Ramsey County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
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: September 27, 1950 / Age:
1950
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Eino Erland Falls
Towner County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:2nd Combat Engineer Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:2nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 01, 1950 / Age:
1950
Corporal James E. Trepanier
Grand Forks County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:34th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:24th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 20, 1950 / Age:
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 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
Private Michael A. Dworshak
Flasher, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:5th Cavalry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Cavalry Division
Date of Loss: July 25, 1950 / Age:
Seeing an enemy machine gun nest to the rear, Private Dworshak, displaying great presence of mind, swung his automatic rifle around and, at the same time, shoved one man off the tank to keep him from getting hit by the machine gun's fire.
1950
Private Duncan Lafrance Thorsteinson
Bantry, ND
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: July 16, 1950 / Age: 21
Killed in action.
1899
Private Alfred C. Almen
Branch of Service: National Guard
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C - Grafton
Date of Loss: April 12, 1899 / Age:
Killed in action at Paete
1899
Corporal Isador Driscoll
Branch of Service: National Guard
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C - Grafton
Date of Loss: April 12, 1899 / Age:
Killed in action at Paete
1899
Corporal John C. Byron
Branch of Service: National Guard
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D - Devils Lake
Date of Loss: May 24, 1899 / Age:
Died of wound received on April 1, 1899 while in action at King's Bluff
1899
Private John Killian
Branch of Service: National Guard
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H - Jamestown
Date of Loss: June 09, 1899 / Age:
Died during an attack on an insurgent outpost.
1899
Cofeland
Branch of Service: National Guard
Date of Loss: January 01, 1899 / Age:
Drown in the Pacific Ocean
Lebanon
1983
Lance Corporal Todd Anthony Kraft
Devils Lake, ND
Lebanon
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: G Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:2/8 Battalion Landing Team
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:22nd Marine Amphibious Unit
Date of Loss: December 04, 1983 / Age: 19
The evening of December 4th a reinforced squad of Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines, led by Sgt Manuel A.
Panama (Operation Just Cause)
1989
Corporal Garreth Charles Isaak
Harvey, ND
Panama (Operation Just Cause)
Branch of Service: Marines
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:2nd Light Armored Recon Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:2nd Marine Division
Date of Loss: December 20, 1989 / Age: 22
Corporal Isaak's Squad came under intense hostile fire while attempting to secure their objective. Reacting swiftly, he continued to advance toward the building in order to clear it of hostile forces of unknown size.