ND Veterans Affairs News: State

born Dickinson, ND 1 Jan 31; resident Kidder County, ND; entered US Army Fargo, ND 28 Dec 51; died in service 21 Aug 52 Austin, Texas; buried in Plot 17, Section C, St Wenceslaus Catholic Cemetery, Dickinson, ND.

Born in Granite Falls, North Carolina on 8 November 1917; resident of Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, North Dakota; entered United States Navy at Grand Forks, North Dakota on 1 January 1943; died in service 21 December 1946 Oakland, California; buried in 1st addition, Lot 1, Grave 6, Section 12, Memorial Park Cemetery, Grand Forks, North Dakota.

born Williston, ND 27 Sep 24; resident Williams County, ND; entered AU Ft Snelling, MN 15 Mar 44; died in service 14 Oct 45 Jet, Oklahoma; buried in Family Plot, Row Westside, Grave 1, Riverview Cemetery, Williston, ND.

born Buchanan, ND 19 Jan 17; resident Stutsman County, ND; entered AUS Ft Snelling, MN 30 Mar 42; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; KIA 6 Jul 44 Normandy, France; buried in Division C, NW 1/4, Block 7, Grave 5, Section F, Highland Home Cemetery, Jamestown, ND.

born Warren, MN 22 Jun 22; resident Cass County, ND; entered AUS Omaha, Nebraska 30 Aug 42; died in service 11 Nov 43 Romulus, Michigan; buried in Section 8, Grave 6262, East Half, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virgina.

born Warren, MN 22 Jul 91; resident Cass County, ND; entered US Army MacDill Field, Florida 15 Jul 40; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; died in service 14 Jun 43 Queensland, Australia; buried in Section 8, Grave 6264, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virgina.

First Lieut. Lance A. Pousette, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Pousette of Cooperstown, has been reported missing in action over France, according to a war department message received by his parents. Lieut. Pousette was pilot of a fighter plane, a Thunderbolt P47B, a single seater, and has been in combat over Europe for about three months. He had seen action over several European countries including Germany, Holland, Belgium and France. He was a member of the Eighth AAF Fighter group and had been stationed in England, where he was assistant operations officer of his unit.

born Hannah, ND 3 Oct 17; resident Cavalier County, ND; entered US Navy Mpls, MN 16 Jul 41; died in service 9 Feb 43 New York, NY; buried in Hannah Cemetery, Hannah, ND.

born Fargo, ND 27 Jan 20; resident Cass County, ND; entered AUS Fargo, ND 30 Dec 40; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; KIA 22 Jun 43 Oujda, French Morocco; memorialized in Riverside Cemetery, Fargo, ND.

Laurence Alcides Possibuon was born in New Rockford, Eddy County, North Dakota on April 25, 1926, to Premo and Emma Emilla Possibuon. He entered the United States Marine Corp in Minneapolis, Minnesota on December 12, 1944. Private Possibuon died in service on June 2, 1945, at Parris Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina from typhoid fever. He is buried in Section 1, Plot 18, Grave 3, Prairie Home Cemetery, New Rockford, North Dakota.