State Heroes

Pvt. Peter Thorvald Hansen

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M

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.

Pvt. Carl F. Bredehoft

Pilger, NE

World War I (WWI)

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

Technical Sergeant Melvin E. Sarkilahti

Korean War, World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:1st SHORAN Beacon Squadron

Date of Loss: October 16, 1952 / Age: 26

Just after midnight on October 16, 1952, a C-46 Commando (tail number 44-77538) carrying four crew members and twenty-one passengers departed Kangnung Air Base for a night courier flight to Pohang Air Base.

Seaman Second Class Walter S. Blank

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve

Date of Loss: January 02, 1946 / Age: 24

Died while in MIA status.

Second Lieutenant Donald E. Simons

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:75th Bomber Squadron

Date of Loss: January 17, 1946 / Age:

Died while in MIA status.

Seaman First Class Lawrence A. Yanish

Buffalo, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve

Date of Loss: April 13, 1946 / Age: 22

Died while in MIA status. Declared MIA after an attack by Japanese planes on the USS Lindsey, near Mae Shima, southwest of Okinawa. Approximately one-third of the ship was blown away or torn and wrecked.