FALLEN
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
Private Eugene Van Steenvoort
Ramsey County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:38th Field Artillery Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:2nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 30, 1950 / Age: 19
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.
1950
Private Joseph K. Meyer
Wahpeton, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: K Company
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 12, 1950 / Age: 18
Died due to intense enemy fire but his body was not recovered and was presumed dead Dec 31, 1953. His remains were discovered and identified in 2008. He was laid to rest on May 3rd, 2008.
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
Corporal Harold R Halvorson
Benson County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:9th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:2nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: August 08, 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, 1st Provisional Marine Brigade
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
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
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 Milton L. Miller
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: September 08, 1950 / Age:
Died in Service Camp Carson CO. RCT.
Buried in David D. Nehrenbert Post #32 American Legion Cemetery Row 2 Drake ND
Name is on Korean War Memorial in DC
1950
Corporal Wilmer R. Pfeifle
Hettinger County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:29th Regimental Combat Team
Date of Loss: August 19, 1950 / Age:
1950
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:
1950
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.
1950
Private Duncan Lafrance Thorsteinson
Bantry, ND
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: July 16, 1950 / Age: 21
Killed in action.