State Heroes
Korean War
1952
Private First Class Nickolaus Kuntz
Grant County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:40th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: October 22, 1952 / Age:
1952
Private Edward Schafer
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: August 24, 1952 / Age: 23
Died in service in Lebanon, Missouri
1952
Seaman Apprentice Thomas J. Olson
Korean War
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: March 22, 1952 / Age: 19
Died in service in Norfolk, Virgina
1952
Private Curtis M. Rasmusson
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: September 05, 1952 / Age: 20
Died in service in Korea
1952
Corporal Ervin E. Mautz
McLean County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:14th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:25th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 01, 1952 / Age:
1952
Private First Class John Ewain Jr. Wirtz
Minot, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:7th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: October 08, 1952 / Age: 22
He died of other causes near Kumhwa, North Korea.
1952
Corporal Ruben Wahl
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 14, 1952 / Age: 24
Died in service in Ft Campbell, Kentucky
1952
Corporal Joseph Matt Mathis
Hettinger County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:35th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:25th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 19, 1952 / Age: 20
1952
Corporal James B. Nehowig
Fargo, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:2nd Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:2nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: September 20, 1952 / Age:
He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy at "Old Baldy", North Korea on September 20, 1952.
1952
Private First Class Keith Robert Bayley
Page, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Weapons Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:1st Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Marine Division
Date of Loss: October 27, 1952 / Age: 23
1952
Private Ardell H. Larson
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: June 29, 1952 / Age: 20
Died in service in Ft Lee, Virgina
1952
Private First Class Darwyn L. Hagen
Grand Forks County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:35th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:25th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 16, 1952 / Age:
1952
Private Henry R. Privratsky
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: August 21, 1952 / Age: 21
Died in service in Austin, Texas
1952
Sergeant Renfrew D. Bailey
Harvey, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:3rd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:2nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 19, 1952 / Age: 22
He was seriously wounded by the enemy at "Old Baldy", North Korea on July 19, 1952 and died of those wounds.
1952
Private First Class Christopher Ruben Geiszler
Merricourt, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:13th Engineer Combat Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:7th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 12, 1952 / Age: 19
He was riding in a truck when it struck a land mine. He was taken to the 8063rd Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH), where he died.
Korean War, World War II (WWII)
1952
Technical Sergeant Melvin E. Sarkilahti
Korean War, World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:1st SHORAN Beacon Squadron
Date of Loss: October 16, 1952 / Age: 26
Just after midnight on October 16, 1952, a C-46 Commando (tail number 44-77538) carrying four crew members and twenty-one passengers departed Kangnung Air Base for a night courier flight to Pohang Air Base.