State Heroes
1967
Lance Corporal Kenneth Robert Jamerson
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 1st Marines Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Marine Division
Date of Loss: April 05, 1967 / Age: 20
During the month of March the Battalion was carrying out it combat operations in the Dien Ban and Hieu Nhon District of Quang Nam Province.
1952
Sergeant George Jangula
Emmons County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 7th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 3rd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: March 30, 1952 / Age: 20
1944
Private First Class Beverly A. Janis
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 401st - 327th Glider Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 101st Airborne Division
Date of Loss: June 14, 1944 / Age: 25
Killed in action in France
1968
Private First Class Fred Walter Jansonius
Jamestown, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 60th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 9th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 02, 1968 / Age: 19
Arriving in Vietnam 15 October 1967, Fred was assigned to B Company, 2nd Battalion, 60th Infantry, 9th Infantry Division, USARV and later was assigned to Battalion Recon, 2nd Battalion, 60th Infantry, 9th Infantry Division, USARV.
1918
Pvt. Archie T. Jardine
Dunseith, NDWorld War I
Date of Loss: November 11, 1918 / Age:
Died of disease.
Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information NOT found in the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
William Jasmer
Hankinson, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Supply Company, 77th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 24
Died at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 13, 1918.
Buried at Lutheran cemetery, Hankinson, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Sgt. Earl Vincent Jefferson
Hope, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 23, 1918 / Age: 21
Killed in action at Chateau-Thierry, on July 23, 1918.
Buried in France. Reburied at Hope, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Eddy county.
1943
Motor Machinist's Mate 1st Class Robert B. Jenckes
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Pompano
Date of Loss: October 15, 1943 / Age: 25
Killed in action off the northeast coast of Honshu, Japan
1918
Pvt. Chauncie Otis Jenks
Calvin, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 352nd Infantry
Date of Loss: December 01, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia, on Dec. 1, 1918, at Base Hospital No. 45, France.
Remains returned to U. S. on June 14, 1921, and buried at Calvin, N. Dak.
1950
Lieutenant Colonel Carl C. Jensen
Wells County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 3d Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 24th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 12, 1950 / Age: 38
Colonel Jensen remained behind and personally directed the withdrawal of all units of his Battalion. When the withdrawal was complete, he himself began to withdraw from the forward position, collecting stragglers as he withdrew.
1918
Pvt. Niels Jensen
Luverne, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 137th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division
Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 29
Killed in action on Oct. 1, 1918.
Buried, Grave 36, Row 31, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Louis Christian Jensen
Ryder, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 14th Company, Camp A. A. Humphreys September Automatic Replacement Draft
Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 41
Died at Brest, France, of broncho pneumonia, on Oct. 12, 1918.
Buried, Grave 8, Row 30, Block D, Oise-Aisne American Cemtery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
1918
Pvt. Einer Jensen
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 7th Engineer Regiment, 5th Division
Date of Loss: October 14, 1918 / Age: 30
Killed in action on Oct. 14, 1918.
Buried, Grave 25, Row 5, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1951
2nd Lieutenant Keith A. Jensen
Korean War, World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery B
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 52nd Field Artillery Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 24th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: October 16, 1951 / Age:
Killed in Action
Buried in Block 14, Lot 5, Grave3, Addition 3 Forest Hill Cemetery, Anoka, MN
Name is on Korean War Veterans Memorial in DC
Name is on ND All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND
1951
2nd Lieutenant Keith A. Jensen
Korean War, World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery B
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 52nd Field Artillery Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 24th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: October 16, 1951 / Age:
Killed in Action
Buried in Block 14, Lot 5, Grave3, Addition 3 Forest Hill Cemetery, Anoka, MN
Name is on Korean War Veterans Memorial in DC
Name is on ND All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND