MIA
Korean War
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."
Lebanon
1958
Airman 1st Class Julius Joseph Rausch
Lebanon
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 43rd TRS Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron
Date of Loss: July 17, 1958 / Age: 23
On July 17, 1958 when the USAF B-66 Destroyer in which he was assigned as a gunner, in support of the Lebanon Conflict (July 1, 1958-November 1, 1958), ran out of fuel Airman First Class Rausch and two others parachuted out of the plane before it crash
Vietnam Conflict
1972
Private First Class David Donald Berdahl
Minot, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: D Troop
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:3rd Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:101st Airborne Division (Airmobile)
Date of Loss: January 20, 1972 / Age: 19
In Quang Tri, South Vietnam
Hostile, died while missing, Helicopter - Crew
Air Loss, Crash on Land
1972
Master Sergeant Merlyn Leroy Paulson
Fargo, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Air Force
Date of Loss: March 29, 1972 / Age: 38
Laos, Quang Nam province
Hostile, died while missing, Fixed Wing - Crew
Air Loss, Crash on Land
1972
1st Lieutenant Byron Kent Kulland
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Troop F
Date of Loss: April 02, 1972 / Age: 24
In Quang Tri, South Vietnam
Hostile, died while missing, Helicopter - Pilot Air Loss, Crash on Land
1972
Lieutenant Colonel James Alan Fowler
Bismarck, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:523rd Tactical Fighter Squadron
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:405th Tactical Fighter Wing
Date of Loss: June 06, 1972 / Age: 41
In North Vietnam
Hostile, died while missing, Fixed Wing - Pilot
Air Loss, Crash on Land
From DPAA:
1971
Staff Sergeant Deland Dwight Zubke
Grassy Butte, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: B Battery
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:7th Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:7th Cavalry Division
Date of Loss: March 01, 1971 / Age: 26
In Kontum, South Vietnam
Hostile, died while missing, Ground Casualty
Declared deceased Oct 5, 1978
From DPAA:
1969
Colonel Wendell Richard Keller
Fargo, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:433rd Tactical Figher Squadron
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:7th Air Force
Date of Loss: March 01, 1969 / Age: 40
On March 1, 1969, Keller and Meroney were the crew of an F-4D Phantom II aircraft that crashed while carrying out a nighttime strike mission in Khammouan Province, Laos. Nearby U.S. aircrews reported seeing the aircraft hit by enemy fire.
1968
Aviation Machinist's Mate Petty Officer 2nd Class Chester Leroy Coons
Bismarck, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Navy
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:Observation Squadron 67
Date of Loss: February 17, 1968 / Age: 31
In LZ, LAOS
Hostile, died while missing, FIXED WING - CREW
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND
1968
1968
Major Ronald Dale Bond
Fargo, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:604th Air Commando Squadron
Date of Loss: March 11, 1968 / Age: 37
From DPAA:
1968