State Heroes
1918
Pvt. John George Kienenberger
Bierma [sic], NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 138th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division
Date of Loss: September 27, 1918 / Age: 30
Killed in action on Sept. 27, 1918.
Grave unlocated. Missing in Action or Buried at Sea. Tablets of the Missing at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1944
Gunnery Sergeant Edwin Kienzle
World War II
Branch of Service: Marines
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 21st Marines Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 3rd Marine Division
Date of Loss: July 21, 1944 / Age: 26
Killed in action in Guam
1945
Aviation Rm3c Oliver L. Kihl
Portal, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: May 02, 1945 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.
1918
Pvt. Thorwald Kilen
Sharon, NDWorld War I
Date of Loss: November 11, 1918 / Age:
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.
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.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Orville Peter Kilroy
Porterville, CAWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 39
Killed in action at Argonne Forest, France, on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 9, 1921, and buried in Catholic Cemetery, Porterville, Calif.
Nurse Florence Kimball
Lisbon, NDWorld War I
Died of disease.
Name 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
George Washington Kimbell
Buffalo, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 163rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of broncho pneumonia, at Camp Dodge Iowa, on Oct. 8, 1918.
Buried at Buffalo, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Edward George Kincaid
Judson, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 78th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 5, 1918.
Buried at Judson, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1944
Corporal Leroy E. Kincaid
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 08, 1944 / Age: 19
Killed in action in France
1943
Private Howard F. King
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: August 06, 1943 / Age: 21
Died in service in Wichita Falls, Texas
1944
Ens. Paige M. King
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy
Date of Loss: January 30, 1944 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.
1973
Lance Corporal Kelly Mark Kinsella
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Marines
Date of Loss: July 18, 1973 / Age: 20
Died while in service
1944
Ensign Russell H. Kinzer
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: March 30, 1944 / Age: 21
Died in service in a plane crash. The plane Ensign Kinzer was flying collided with another plane during a training flight in Green Cove Springs, Florida.
1968
Private First Class David Lynn Kirkeby
Drayton, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: H&S Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 26th Marines Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 3rd Marine Division
Date of Loss: May 10, 1968 / Age: 20
PFC Kirkeby was Killed in Action in Quang Tri, South Vietnam by hostile artillery rocket mortar.