State Heroes
Vietnam Conflict
1967
Lieutenant Colonel Gordon James Wenaas
Mayville, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Air Force
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:314th Tactical Airlift Wing
Date of Loss: December 29, 1967 / Age: 46
On December 29, 1967, he was a crew member of a Lockheed Hercules Transport Aircraft (C-130E) on a mission in the extreme northwest corner of North Vietnam over Lai Chau Province, when contact was lost.
1967
Major Glenn Arthur Belcher
Fessenden, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:1st Air Commando Squadron
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:7th Air Force
Date of Loss: December 31, 1967 / Age: 35
1966
Major Clifton Emmet Cushman
Grand Forks, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:469th Tactical Fighter Squadron
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:7th Air Force
Date of Loss: September 25, 1966 / Age: 37
North Vietnam
1966
Major Martin William Steen
Grand Forks, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:469th Tactical Fighter Squadron
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:
1966
1st Lieutenant Jon Alfred Greenley
Fargo, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:774th Troop Carrier Squadron
Date of Loss: January 07, 1966 / Age: 24
From DPAA:
1966
Lieutenant Colonel Darel Dean Leetun
Vietnam Conflict
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:
World War I (WWI)
1918
Pvt.1st Class Harry Lewis Kidd
Mandan, ND
World War I (WWI)
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
1918
Private Henry Hanson
Oakes, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: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.
1918
Private Austin Bower
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B
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.
1918
Private Richmond Hall
Grand Forks, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:1st Machine Gun Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: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.
1918
Pvt. Emil J. Bosh
Pisek, ND
World War I (WWI)
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.
1918
Private Emil Henry Kaehn
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: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
1918
Pvt. Oscar G. Hagen
Walcott, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 22, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on July 22, 1918.
Buried at Commune of Cutry, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Private George Dunitra Boosalis
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:4th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: May 23, 1918 / Age: 31
Drowned, in the sinking of te Moldavia, on May 23, 1918. Body not recovered.
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Suresnes American Cemetery, Suresnes, France
1918
Pvt. Aaron Booheister
Parkersburg, IA
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 20, 1918 / Age: 26
Killed in action on July 20, 1918.
Grave unlocated. Missing in Action or Buried at Sea. Tablets of the Missing at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, France.
1918
Private Alfred T. Goodwin
Oakes, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I
Date of Loss: July 19, 1918 / Age: 18
Killed in action on July 19, 1918.
Grave unlocated. Tablets of the Missing at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.