State Heroes Total:
432
Service Branch

Vietnam

Gordon James Wenaas photo 1967

Lieutenant Colonel Gordon James Wenaas

Mayville, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Air Force

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: C-130E Tail number 64-0547

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:314th Tactical Airlift Wing

Date of Loss: December 29, 1967 / Age: 46

In , NORTH VIETNAM
Hostile, died while missing, FIXED WING - CREW
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND

DPAA

Glenn Arthur Belcher photo 1967

Major Glenn Arthur Belcher

Fessenden, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Air Force

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 1st Air Commando Group

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:1st Air Commando Squadron

Date of Loss: December 31, 1967 / Age: 35

In LZ, LAOS, Hostile, died while missing, FIXED WING - PILOT
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND

DPAA

Darel Leetun photo 1966

Lieutenant Colonel Darel Dean Leetun

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:13th Tactical Fighter Squadron

Date of Loss: September 17, 1966 / Age: 42

In , NORTH VIETNAM
Hostile, died while missing, FIXED WING - PILOT
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND

From DPAA:

Clifton Emmet Cushman photo 1966

Major Clifton Emmet Cushman

Grand Forks, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:469th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 388th Tactical Fighter Wing

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:7th Air Force

Date of Loss: September 25, 1966 / Age: 37

North Vietnam

Martin William Steen photo 1966

Major Martin William Steen

Grand Forks, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:469th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 388th Tactical Fighter Wing

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:7th Air Force

Date of Loss: May 31, 1966 / Age: 37

In , NORTH VIETNAM
Hostile, died while missing, FIXED WING - PILOT
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND

From DPAA:

Jon Alfred Greenley photo 1966

1st Lieutenant Jon Alfred Greenley

Fargo, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Air Force

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 774 TAC SQD

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:774th Tactical Squadron

Date of Loss: January 07, 1966 / Age: 24

In PLEIKU, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, FIXED WING - PILOT
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND

Body was not recovered.

World War I

John George Kienenberger photo 1918

Pvt. John George Kienenberger

Bierma [sic], ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 138th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division

Date of Loss: September 27, 1918 / Age: 30

Killed in action on Sept. 27, 1918.

Grave unlocated. Missing in Action or Buried at Sea. Tablets of the Missing at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Peter Thorvald Hansen photo 1918

Pvt. Peter Thorvald Hansen

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 164th Infantry

Date of Loss: July 18, 1918 / Age: 34

Killed in action on July 18, 1918.

Buried in France. Grave Unlocated. Missing in Action or Buried at Sea. Tablets of the Missing at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, France.

Carl F. Bredehoft photo 1918

Pvt. Carl F. Bredehoft

Pilger, NE

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 164th Infantry

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

Killed in action, July 20, 1918.

Grave unlocated. Missing in Action or Buried at Sea. Tablets of the Missing at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, France

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

Harry Lewis Kidd photo 1918

Pvt.1st Class Harry Lewis Kidd

Mandan, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 139th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division

Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 29

Killed in action, Sept. 26, 1918.

Buried in France. Grave Unlocated. Missing in Action or Buried at Sea. Tablets of the Missing at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France

Henry Hanson photo 1918

Pvt. Henry Hanson

Oakes, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 47th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division

Date of Loss: August 01, 1918 / Age: 30

Missing in Action or Buried at Sea

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

Information found in Volume 2, page 1231 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Austin Bower photo 1918

Pvt. Austin Bower

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 164th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 21

Died Oct. 8, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Grave unlocated. Missing in Action or Buried at Sea. Tablets of the Missing at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne, France.

Richmond Hall photo 1918

Pvt. Richmond Hall

Grand Forks, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 1st Machine Gun Battalion, 1st Division

Date of Loss: June 07, 1918 / Age: 23

Killed in action on June 7, 1918. Missing in Action or Buried at Sea.

Buried in France. Grave unlocated. Tablets of the Missing at Somme American Cemetery, Bony, France.

Emil J. Bosh photo 1918

Pvt. Emil J. Bosh

Pisek, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 58th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division

Date of Loss: May 23, 1918 / Age: 25

Drowned in the sinking of the Moldavia, on May 23, 1918. Missing in Action or Buried at Sea.

Tablets of the Missing at Suresnes American Cemetery, Suresnes, France.

Emil Henry Kaehn photo 1918

Pvt. Emil Henry Kaehn

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 137th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division

Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 22

Missing in Action or Buried at Sea.

Killed in action on Oct. 1, 1918.

Grave unlocated. Tablets of the Missing at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne, France