State Heroes Total:
432
Service Branch

World War I

John George Kienenberger photo 1918

Pvt. John George Kienenberger

Bierma [sic], ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 138th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division

Date of Loss: September 27, 1918 / Age: 30

Killed in action on Sept. 27, 1918.

Grave unlocated. Missing in Action or Buried at Sea. Tablets of the Missing at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Peter Thorvald Hansen photo 1918

Pvt. Peter Thorvald Hansen

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 164th Infantry

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.

Carl F. Bredehoft photo 1918

Pvt. Carl F. Bredehoft

Pilger, NE

World War I

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.

Harry Lewis Kidd photo 1918

Pvt.1st Class Harry Lewis Kidd

Mandan, ND

World War I

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

Henry Hanson photo 1918

Pvt. Henry Hanson

Oakes, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 47th Infantry Regiment, 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.

Austin Bower photo 1918

Pvt. Austin Bower

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 164th Infantry

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.

Richmond Hall photo 1918

Pvt. Richmond Hall

Grand Forks, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 1st Machine Gun Battalion, 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.

Emil J. Bosh photo 1918

Pvt. Emil J. Bosh

Pisek, ND

World War I

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.

Emil Henry Kaehn photo 1918

Pvt. Emil Henry Kaehn

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 137th Infantry Regiment, 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

Oscar G. Hagen photo 1918

Pvt. Oscar G. Hagen

Walcott, ND

World War I

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.

George Dunitra Boosalis photo 1918

Pvt. George Dunitra Boosalis

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 58th Infantry Regiment, 4th 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

Alfred T. Goodwin photo 1918

Pvt. Alfred T. Goodwin

Oakes, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 164th Infantry

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.

Aaron Booheister photo 1918

Pvt. Aaron Booheister

Parkersburg, IA

World War I

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.

World War II

Verne L. Skjonsby photo 1946

Commander Verne L. Skjonsby

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy

Date of Loss: January 07, 1946 / Age: 33

Died while in MIA status aboard the USS Wahoo (SS-238). The Wahoo was to leave the La Perouse Strait, when a Japanese anti-submarine aircraft sighted a wake and an oil slick from a submerged submarine.

Kristjan T. Vivatson photo 1946

Staff Sergeant Kristjan T. Vivatson

Garder, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:31st Bomber Squadron

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:5th Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Loss: January 15, 1946 / Age: 24

Died while in MIA status near Papua New Guinea.