State Heroes
Korean War
Private Harold D. Newman
Ward County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 31st Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 7th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: October 15, 1952 / Age:
Private First Class Marvin G. Van Ningen
Bowman County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 31st Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 7th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: October 14, 1952 / Age:
Private First Class Leroy James Sherman
Fargo, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: C Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion, 7th Marines
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Marine Division
Date of Loss: October 03, 1952 / Age: 20
Private Donald L. Monson
Walsh County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 180th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 45th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: September 26, 1952 / Age:
Corporal James B. Nehowig
Fargo, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 2nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: September 20, 1952 / Age:
He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy at "Old Baldy", North Korea on September 20, 1952.
Sergeant Jasper Young Bear
McLean County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 38th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 2nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: September 18, 1952 / Age: 22
Private Alton Elmer Graf
Kintyre, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Battalion, 279th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 45th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: August 18, 1952 / Age: 22
He was listed as Missing in Action when carried away by a flash flood while crossing the river near Inje, North Korea on August 18, 1952 and was presumed dead on December 31, 1953.
Private Second Class Roy Vernon Schlenker
Montpelier, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Clearing Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 3rd Medical Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 3rd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: August 14, 1952 / Age: 21
He drowned while swimming in the Han-Tan River near Chong-Gong-ni, North Korea.
Private First Class Allen Gene Stenerson
Park River, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Marines
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Marine Division
Date of Loss: August 09, 1952 / Age: 23
Petty Officer 3rd Class Harlan Gay Goodroad
Jamestown, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Patrol Squadron 731, USS Onslow
Date of Loss: July 31, 1952 / Age: 25
His aircraft was on routine patrol out of Iwakuni, Japan over the Yellow Sea, when it was attacked by Chinese fighters and crashed.
Private First Class Harold Kvam
Williams County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 7th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 3rd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 26, 1952 / Age:
Major Carl Edward Soreide
Bowman, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Marine Attack Squadron 212
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: Marine Air Group 12
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Marine Air Wing
Date of Loss: July 23, 1952 / Age: 27
While on a combat mission, his aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft fire, exploded and crashed. His remains were never recovered.
Private First Class Boyd Laverne Jothen
Crosby, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: A Battery
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 54th Field Artillery Group
Date of Loss: July 19, 1952 / Age: 23
Corporal Joseph Matt Mathis
Hettinger County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 35th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 25th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 19, 1952 / Age: 20
Private First Class John Ewain Jr. Wirtz
Minot, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 7th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: October 08, 1952 / Age: 22
He died of other causes near Kumhwa, North Korea.