State Heroes
World War II
1941
Yoeman 1st Class Glen A. Summers
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Arizona
Date of Loss: December 07, 1941 / Age: 24
Killed in action while aboard the USS Arizona during the Pearl Harbor attack
1941
Radioman 2c Floyd Arthur Wells
Cavalier, ND
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Arizona
Date of Loss: December 07, 1941 / Age: 24
Died while in MIA status after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Remains identified in 2020. returned to North Dakota September 2020.
1941
GM3c John M. Emery
Gardner, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Arizona
Date of Loss: December 07, 1941 / Age: 22
Died while in MIA status after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
1941
S1c Vernon J. Eidsvig
Kathryn, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Utah
Date of Loss: December 07, 1941 / Age: 20
Served aboard the USS Utah and was reported MIA following the attack on Pearl Harbor. Remains not recovered.Â
1941
Seaman 1st Class James E. London
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS California
Date of Loss: December 07, 1941 / Age: 29
Killed in action in the Pearl Harbor attack
1941
Seaman 1c George W. Hammerud
Valley City, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Arizona
Date of Loss: December 07, 1941 / Age:
Died while in MIA status after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Remains not recovered.
1941
Sergeant First Class Everett I. Severinson
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Oklahoma
Date of Loss: December 07, 1941 / Age: 25
Killed in action in the Pearl Harbor attack while aboard the USS Oklahoma.
Died while in MIA status. Crew member aboard the USS Oklahoma, killed during the attack on Pearl Harbor along with 428 fellow crewmen.
1941
2nd Lieutenant Carleton E. Simensen
World War II
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Arizona
Date of Loss: December 07, 1941 / Age: 22
Killed in action aboard the USS Arizona during the Pearl Harbor attack.
1941
Fire Controlman 2c Elroy V. Peterson
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Arizona
Date of Loss: December 07, 1941 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.
WWI Student Army Training Corps
1930
Private Paul Lawrence Samuelson
Calmar, IA
WWI Student Army Training Corps
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps
Date of Loss: March 01, 1930 / Age: 30
Died at Fort Snelling, Minn., Veterans Hospital, March, 1930.
Buried at Calmar, Iowa.
Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Oscar Alvin Mohagen
Grafton, NDWWI Student Army Training Corps
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Students Army Training Corps
Date of Loss: November 28, 1918 / Age: 19
Died of broncho pneumonia, at Northfield. Minn., on Nov. 28, 1918.
Buried at Grafton, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Almer Conrad Thompson
WWI Student Army Training Corps
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps
Date of Loss: November 25, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia on Nov. 25, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 3214 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Hettrick Albert Lowe
Island Lake, ND
WWI Student Army Training Corps
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Students Army Training Corps
Date of Loss: November 22, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia at Fargo, N. Dak., on Nov. 22, 1918.
Buried at Island Lake, Rolette county, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Earl Franklin Reed
Penn, ND
WWI Student Army Training Corps
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, Student Army Training Corps
Date of Loss: November 22, 1918 / Age: 29
Died of pneumonia on Nov. 22, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Ramsey county.
1918
Maltby William Cors
Mylo, ND
WWI Student Army Training Corps
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, Students Army Training Corps
Date of Loss: November 20, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia, at Fargo, N. Dak., on Nov. 20, 1918.
Buried at Mylo, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.