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Korean War

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

Corporal Cletus R. Lies

Bremen, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Medical Company

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:32nd Infantry Regiment

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

Date of Loss: November 28, 1950 / Age: 26

He was Killed in Action, while tending wounded comrades near the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea. He went to the aid of MSG Leo Russave and died in the attempt. His remains were recovered and were accounted for Dec. 7, 2013.

1950

Private Lavern Paul Gohl

Williams County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:2nd Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:24th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: July 16, 1950 / Age:

He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy in South Korea and forced to march to North Korea on the "Tiger Death March." He died while a prisoner at Manpo, North Korea on October 21, 1950. His remains were never recovered.

1950

Private Ronald Wayne Hagen

Grand Forks County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Battery

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: 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.

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

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

DPAA

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:

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

From DPAA:

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

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.