MIA
Korean War
1951
Private First Class Allen Lyle Mettler
Drake, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: K Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:9th Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: February 12, 1951 / Age: 21
He was captured and unaccounted for when the war ended and was listed as Missing in Action. His remains were recovered, identified, and returned to the United Sates in 2006.
1951
Corporal Kenneth Hefta
Traill County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:2nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 14, 1951 / Age:
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.
1951
Sergeant First Class Donald Wayne Arneson
Hillsboro, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:1st Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:25th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 25, 1951 / Age: 29
He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea. His remains were never recovered.
1951
Private Fred Beecher Sayre
Traill County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:24th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 27, 1951 / Age:
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.
1951
Corporal Jacob William Allmaras
New Rockford, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:3rd Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:2nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: May 13, 1951 / Age: 27
He was seriously wounded by the enemy during an attack at "Line Idaho", South Korea on March 15, 1951 and returned to duty on March 19, 1951.
1950
Private Herbert Edward Buik
Wells County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:27th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:25th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 26, 1950 / Age:
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
Sergeant Donald Leroy Duff
Sargent County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:2nd Engineer Combat Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:2nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 01, 1950 / Age:
He was captured while fighting the enemy near Kunu-ri, North Korea and interned as a Prisoner of War. He was not among those returned at the wars end, and is listed as Missing in Action.
1950
Corporal Milton P. Billigmeier
Stutsman County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:3rd Battalion, 29th Infantry Regimental Combat Team
Date of Loss: July 27, 1950 / Age:
He was listed as Missing in Action while fighting the enemy near Hadong, South Korea on July 27, 1950 and was presumed dead on February 24, 1954.
1950
1st Lieutenant Robert Gerard Schmitt
Sykeston, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M
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 01, 1950 / Age: 27
"Wounded in both legs and wearing a U.S. Army field coat peppered with bullet holes, 1st Lt. Robert Schmitt led a desperate U.S. hilltop assault against advancing Chinese forces in one of the bloodiest battles of the Korean War. He never returned."
1950
Technical Sergeant Karl Vernon Kludt
McClusky, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Marines
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:548th "Nightfighter" Squadron
Date of Loss: September 24, 1950 / Age: 34
The plane he was in received a direct hit from anti-aircraft, exploded, and crashed into the Han River, very close to a power plant. His body was never 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 Walter W. Warnke
Grand Forks County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: K Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:3rd Battalion, 38th Regimental Combat Team
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:2nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 09, 1950 / Age:
Remains have not been recovered.
1950
Private First Class Elmer Bear
McLean County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:23rd Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:2nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 26, 1950 / Age:
1950
1st Lieutenant Ward Orville Neville
Zap, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:3rd Engineer Combat Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:24th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: August 11, 1950 / Age: 32
He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for actions near the Naktong River while on a search and destroy patrol. In this mission, Neville and his 13 men were attacked by an estimated 200 enemy rifleman.
1950
1st Lieutenant Elon Lewis House
Stark County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:24th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:25th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 27, 1950 / Age: