State Heroes
Korean War
1950
Corporal Nicholas A. Pfliger
Hazen, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 21st Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 24th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 11, 1950 / Age:
1950
Sergeant First Class Kenneth F. Nickerson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: July 07, 1950 / Age: 38
Died in the army hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico of a heart attack.
1950
Private First Class Leonard J. Weber
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: July 03, 1950 / Age: 20
Died in service in Columbia, South Carolina
1950
Private First Class Peter Ternes
Raleigh, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 71st Signal Service Battalion
Date of Loss: June 30, 1950 / Age:
1948
Corporal Andrew Whalen Shaw
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: Third Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 21st Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 24th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: September 21, 1948 / Age:
POW from July 12, 1950, to August 24, 1953.
1950
1st Lieutenant Vernon A. Lindvig
Lakota, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 339th All Weather Squadron
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 35th Fighter Interceptor Wing
Date of Loss: June 28, 1950 / Age: 26
Lost while returning from operations to cover Rheinholte in the Yellow Sea. His plane crashed in mountains short of the runway at Iwakuni during bad weather.
Lebanon
1983
Lance Corporal Todd Anthony Kraft
Devils Lake, ND
Lebanon
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: G Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2/8 Battalion Landing Team
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 22nd Marine Amphibious Unit
Date of Loss: December 04, 1983 / Age: 19
The evening of December 4th a reinforced squad of Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines, led by Sgt Manuel A.
1958
Airman 1st Class Julius Joseph Rausch
Lebanon
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 43rd TRS Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron
Date of Loss: July 17, 1958 / Age: 23
On July 17, 1958 when the USAF B-66 Destroyer in which he was assigned as a gunner, in support of the Lebanon Conflict (July 1, 1958-November 1, 1958), ran out of fuel Airman First Class Rausch and two others parachuted out of the plane before it crash
Panama (Operation Just Cause)
1989
Corporal Garreth Charles Isaak
Harvey, ND
Panama (Operation Just Cause)
Branch of Service: Marines
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Light Armored Recon Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 2nd Marine Division
Date of Loss: December 20, 1989 / Age: 22
Corporal Isaak's Squad came under intense hostile fire while attempting to secure their objective. Reacting swiftly, he continued to advance toward the building in order to clear it of hostile forces of unknown size.
Philippine Insurrection
1899
Private John Killian
Branch of Service: National Guard
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H - Jamestown
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 1st North Dakota Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: June 09, 1899 / Age:
Died during an attack on an insurgent outpost.
1899
Corporal John C. Byron
Branch of Service: National Guard
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D - Devils Lake
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 1st North Dakota Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: May 24, 1899 / Age:
Died of wound received on April 1, 1899 while in action at King's Bluff
1899
Private Peter W. Tompkins
Branch of Service: National Guard
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C - Grafton
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 1st North Dakota Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: April 12, 1899 / Age:
Killed in action at Paete
1899
Private Alfred C. Almen
Branch of Service: National Guard
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C - Grafton
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 1st North Dakota Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: April 12, 1899 / Age:
Killed in action at Paete
1899
Corporal Isador Driscoll
Branch of Service: National Guard
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C - Grafton
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 1st North Dakota Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: April 12, 1899 / Age:
Killed in action at Paete
1899
Corporal George T. Schneller
Branch of Service: National Guard
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I - Wahpeton
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 1st North Dakota Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: April 12, 1899 / Age:
Killed in action at Paete