ND Veterans Affairs News: State

born Grafton, ND 28 Aug 26; resident Walsh County, ND; entered US Navy Farragut, Idaho 15 Sep 44; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; died in service 8 Apr 46 Wake Island; buried in Lot 3, Row 1, South Trinity Cemetery, Rural Walsh County, ND

born Kindred, ND 29 Feb 20; resident Cass County, ND; entered AUG Ft Snelling, Mier 21 Jul 42; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; KIA 6 Dec 44 Germany; buried in Kindred Cemetery, Normanna Township, ND

Ernest Floyd Knutson was born in Clifford, Traill County, North Dakota on January 5, 1921, to Olaf (Oluf) Knutson and Tilda Jetland. He entered the United States Army at Fort Snelling, Minneapolis, Minnesota on April 20, 1942, and served in the European African Middle Eastern Theater. Staff Sergeant Knutson died in service on March 13, 1944, at Army Air Base, Blythe, Riverside, California and is buried in Lutheron Finley Cemetery, Finley, Steele County, North Dakota.

born Odebolt, Iowa 25 Jun 15; resident Nelson County, ND; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 27 Mar 42; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; KIA 2 Aug 43 New Georgia; buried in Plot 3, Row 1, Grave 46, Section 36, McVille Cemetery, McVille, ND

born Linton, ND 1 May 23; resident Emmons County, ND; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 16 Apr 43; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; KIA 2 Nov 44 Germany; buried in Plot A, Row 35, Grave 18, Ardennes, Belgium.

born Binford, ND 19 Jun 19; resident Griggs County, ND; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 29 Nov 41; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; died in service 23 Apr 45 Rumkhapalong, India; remains not recovered; buried in section 4253, site 12, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virgina. 

born Lidgerwood, ND 30 Jun 28; resident Richland County, ND; entered AUS Fargo, ND 12 May 53; died in service 4 Jun 54 Hankinson, ND; buried in 
Bohemian Cemetery, Lidgerwood, ND.
 

born Mountain Lake, Minn 10 Aug 08; resident Divide County, NDak; entered US Navy Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 8 Aug 40; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; KIA 7 Dec 41 Pearl Harbor; buried in Row F, Grave 876, National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific; Honolulu, Hawaii.

born Mott, ND 10 May 21; resident Hettinger County, ND; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 30 Apr 42; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; KIA 27 Sep 44 France; buried in Row 1, Mott Cemetery, Mott, ND

born Hague, NDak 29 Nov 18; resident Wells County, NDak; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 24 Oct 41; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; KIA 28 Apr 45 Okinawa; buried in Grave 13830, Block 24, Section C Ft Snelling National Cemetery, Mpls, Minn,