State Heroes Total:
3940
Service Branch

World War II

Steve L. Lesmeister photo 1941

EM2C Steve L. Lesmeister

Harvey, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Arizona

Date of Loss: December 07, 1941 / Age: 22

A native of Selz, North Dakota. Killed in action on December 7, 1941 at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii while serving aboard the battleship USS Arizona.

Floyd Arthur Wells photo 1941

Radioman 2c Floyd Arthur Wells

Cavalier, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Arizona

Date of Loss: December 07, 1941 / Age: 24

Died while in MIA status after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Remains identified in 2020. returned to North Dakota September 2020.

WWI Student Army Training Corps

Paul Lawrence Samuelson photo 1930

Private Paul Lawrence Samuelson

Calmar, IA

WWI Student Army Training Corps

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps

Date of Loss: March 01, 1930 / Age: 30

Died at Fort Snelling, Minn., Veterans Hospital, March, 1930.

Buried at Calmar, Iowa.

Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Maltby William Cors photo 1918

Maltby William Cors

Mylo, ND

WWI Student Army Training Corps

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, Students Army Training Corps

Date of Loss: November 20, 1918 / Age: 24

Died of pneumonia, at Fargo, N. Dak., on Nov. 20, 1918.

Buried at Mylo, N. Dak.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Earl Franklin Reed photo 1918

Earl Franklin Reed

Penn, ND

WWI Student Army Training Corps

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, Student Army Training Corps

Date of Loss: November 22, 1918 / Age: 29

Died of pneumonia on Nov. 22, 1918.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Ramsey county.

Ralph Chester McGregor photo 1918

Ralph Chester McGregor

WWI Student Army Training Corps

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Students Army Training Corps

Date of Loss: November 16, 1918 / Age: 21

Died of influenza on Nov. 16, 1918.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Information found in Volume 3, page 2016 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Elmer Gustav Enge photo 1918

Elmer Gustav Enge

Shuman, ND

WWI Student Army Training Corps

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, Students Army Training Corps

Date of Loss: November 20, 1918 / Age: 24

Died of pneumonia, at Fargo, N. Dak., on Nov. 20, 1918.

Buried in Concordia Cemetery, Shuman township, Sargent county, N. Dak.

Oscar Alvin Mohagen photo 1918

Oscar Alvin Mohagen

Grafton, ND

WWI Student Army Training Corps

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Students Army Training Corps

Date of Loss: November 28, 1918 / Age: 19

Died of broncho pneumonia, at Northfield. Minn., on Nov. 28, 1918.

Buried at Grafton, N. Dak.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Almer Conrad Thompson photo 1918

Almer Conrad Thompson

WWI Student Army Training Corps

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps

Date of Loss: November 25, 1918 / Age: 22

Died of pneumonia on Nov. 25, 1918.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Information found in Volume 4, page 3214 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Gordon Norton Vorous photo 1918

Gordon Norton Vorous

Mott, ND

WWI Student Army Training Corps

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps

Date of Loss: October 22, 1918 / Age: 20

Died of influenza on Oct. 22, 1918, at Jamestown, N. Dak.

Buried, Mott, N. Dak.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Hettinger and Stutsman counties.

World War I

Joseph John Hledik photo 1918

Private Joseph John Hledik

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps UND Grand Forks ND

Date of Loss: October 25, 1918 / Age: 22

Died while serving as a member of the Student Army Training Corps  on the UND campus in Grand Forks during the 1918 flu pandemic. Name included on the UND S.A.T.C. website

Everett Henry Gilbert photo 1918

Private Everett Henry Gilbert

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps UND Grand Forks ND

Date of Loss: October 21, 1918 / Age: 21

Died while serving as a member of the Student Army Training Corps  on the UND campus in Grand Forks during the 1918 flu pandemic. Name included on the UND S.A.T.C. website

Fortune Peter Catellier photo 1918

Private Fortune Peter Catellier

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps UND Grand Forks ND

Date of Loss: October 19, 1918 / Age: 22

Died while serving as a member of the Student Army Training Corps  on the UND campus in Grand Forks during the 1918 flu pandemic. Name included on the UND S.A.T.C. website

Morris Engvold Brandvik photo 1918

Private Morris Engvold Brandvik

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps UND Grand Forks ND

Date of Loss: October 29, 1918 / Age: 21

Died while serving as a member of the Student Army Training Corps  on the UND campus in Grand Forks during the 1918 flu pandemic. Name included on the UND S.A.T.C. website

Earl Pugh photo 1918

Private Earl Pugh

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps UND Grand Forks ND

Date of Loss: October 21, 1918 / Age: 21

Died while serving as a member of the Student Army Training Corps  on the UND campus in Grand Forks during the 1918 flu pandemic. Name included on the UND S.A.T.C. website