State Heroes

1952

Private First Class Keith Robert Bayley

Page, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Weapons Company

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

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 7th Marine Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Marine Division

Date of Loss: October 27, 1952 / Age: 23

1952

Private First Class Nickolaus Kuntz

Grant County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 160th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 40th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: October 22, 1952 / Age:

1952

Private Carl J. Bichler

Pierce County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 17th Infantry Regiment

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

Date of Loss: October 20, 1952 / Age:

Killed in Action

1952

Sergeant Luverne C. Prescott

Walsh County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 17th Infantry Regiment

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

Date of Loss: October 18, 1952 / Age:

1952

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

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 502nd Tactical Control Group

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.

1952

Sergeant Kenneth G. Eley

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 32nd Infantry Regiment

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

Date of Loss: October 15, 1952 / Age: 24

Killed in action in Korea

1952

Private Harold D. Newman

Ward County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 31st Infantry Regiment

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

Date of Loss: October 15, 1952 / Age:

1952

Private First Class Marvin G. Van Ningen

Bowman County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 31st Infantry Regiment

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

Date of Loss: October 14, 1952 / Age:

1952

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

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 7th Marine Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Marine Division

Date of Loss: October 03, 1952 / Age: 20

1952

Boilerman 1st Class Robert D. Fowler

Korean War, World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Boxer

Date of Loss: October 01, 1952 / Age: 34

Killed in action on the USS Boxer

1952

Private Donald L. Monson

Walsh County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 180th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 45th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: September 26, 1952 / Age:

1952

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

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 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. 

1952

Sergeant Jasper Young Bear

McLean County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 38th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 2nd Infantry Division

Date of Loss: September 18, 1952 / Age: 22

1952

Airman 3rd Class Herman W. Lunde

Branch of Service: Air Force

Date of Loss: September 11, 1952 / Age: 21

Died in service in Chillicothe, Ohio

1952

Private Curtis M. Rasmusson

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: September 05, 1952 / Age: 20

Died in service in Korea

1952

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.