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Iraq (OIF/OND/OIR)

2004

Specialist Philip D. Brown

Jamestown, ND

Iraq (OIF/OND/OIR)

Branch of Service: National Guard

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:141st Engineer Battalion

Date of Loss: May 08, 2004 / Age: 21

Died May 8 in Balad, Iraq, from injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device went off west of Samarra, Iraq.

2004

Staff Sergeant Lance J. Koenig

Fargo, ND

Iraq (OIF/OND/OIR)

Branch of Service: National Guard

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:141st Engineer Battalion

Date of Loss: September 22, 2004 / Age: 33

Killed Sept. 22 when an improvised explosive device detonated while he was conducting a dismounted patrol in Tikrit, Iraq.

2004

Specialist James J. Holmes

East Grand Forks, MN

Iraq (OIF/OND/OIR)

Branch of Service: National Guard

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: C Company

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:141st Engineer Battalion

Date of Loss: May 08, 2004 / Age: 28

Holmes died in Landstuhl, Germany, from injuries sustained in Iraq on May 3, 2004 when an improvised explosive device detonated near the driver side of his military vehicle.

2004

Private First Class Anthony W. Monroe

Bismarck, ND

Iraq (OIF/OND/OIR)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:Division Artillery

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Cavalry Division

Date of Loss: October 11, 2004 / Age: 20

Killed Oct. 11 when two rockets impacted his camp in Baghdad.

2004

Specialist Cody L. Wentz

Williston, ND

Iraq (OIF/OND/OIR)

Branch of Service: National Guard

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:141st Engineer Battalion

Date of Loss: November 04, 2004 / Age: 21

Killed Nov. 4 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his military vehicle while he was on patrol in Iraq.

2003

Sergeant Thomas J. Sweet II

Bismarck, ND

Iraq (OIF/OND/OIR)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:1st Battalion, 5th Field Artillery Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Infantry Division

Date of Loss: November 27, 2003 / Age: 23

Died of non-combat related injuries Nov. 27 in Junction City, Iraq.

2003

Specialist Jon P. Fettig

Dickinson, ND

Iraq (OIF/OND/OIR)

Branch of Service: National Guard

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 957th Engineer Company

Date of Loss: July 22, 2003 / Age: 30

Died July 22, 2003 when the truck he was in was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade near Ramadi, Iraq, on July 22, 2003.

2003

Private First Class Sheldon Hawk Eagle

Grand Forks, ND

Iraq (OIF/OND/OIR)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)

Date of Loss: November 15, 2003 / Age: 21

Killed Nov. 15 when two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters crashed in Mosul, Iraq.

Korean War

1953

Private First Class Arnold J. Houdek

Grafton, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:2nd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:2nd Infantry Division

Date of Loss: February 19, 1953 / Age: 22

He was Killed in Action while on patrol in the "Little Gibraltar" area of North Korea.

1953

Private First Class Harry James Barth

Almont, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery C

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:235th Field Artillery Observation Battalion

Date of Loss: June 11, 1953 / Age: 20

Listed as Missing in Action, while assigned to an observation post near Sok Chang-Ni N. Korea, which had been subjected to heavy mortar & artillery barrages. On June 11, 1953, his status was changed to Killed in Action Remains Not Recovered.