FALLEN
Korean War

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:

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.

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.

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.

Private Thomas C. Odenbaugh
Golden Valley County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:29th Regimental Combat Team
Date of Loss: August 22, 1950 / Age:

Private First Class Martin J. Glasser
Morton County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:61st Field Artillery Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Cavalry Division
Date of Loss: September 13, 1950 / Age:

Sergeant Leslie C. Thompson
Pembina 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: November 28, 1950 / Age:

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."

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.

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.

Private First Class Leonard J. Weber
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: July 03, 1950 / Age: 20
Died in service in Columbia, South Carolina

Corporal Marvin Jerome Myhre
New Rockford, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 6407th Ammunition Handling Unit
Date of Loss: August 23, 1950 / Age: 21
Initial reports indicated he met his death when a vehicle in which he was riding missed a turn and was wrecked near the front lines in Korea. Further investigation determined that enemy sniper fire caused the accident.

Sergeant First Class Bertil S. Larson
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 14, 1950 / Age: 26
World War II

Sergeant First Class Kenneth F. Nickerson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: July 07, 1950 / Age: 38
Died in the army hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico of a heart attack.
Korean War, World War II

Master Sergeant Ray Point
Korean War, World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:24th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 04, 1950 / Age: 35
Killed in action in North Korea