State Heroes
1918
Jacob P. Kleinsasser
Max, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 313th Ammunition Train
Date of Loss: October 14, 1918 / Age: 27
Died in France, Oct. 14, 1918.
Buried in French-American Military Cemetery, France. Reburied in Lutheran Cemetery, Max, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1943
Private Benjamin Kleinsasser
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 41st Field Artillery Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: August 05, 1943 / Age:
Killed in action near Italy.
2006
Specialist Chris Kleinwachter
Wahpeton, ND
Afghanistan (OEF/OFS)
Branch of Service: National Guard
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 188th Air Defense Artillery
Date of Loss: November 30, 2006 / Age: 29
Died Nov. 30 of injuries sustained when his vehicle rolled over during combat operations in Ghazni, Afghanistan.
1941
Coxswain Chester F. Klesit
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: December 07, 1941 / Age: 33
Killed in action in the attack on Pearl Harbor
1954
Private First Class Chester G. Klepetka
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: June 04, 1954 / Age: 25
Died in service in Hankinson, ND
1918
Pvt.1st Class Bernt Randolph Kleveland
Mayville, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 39th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division
Date of Loss: September 07, 1918 / Age: 27
Died of wounds, about Sept. 7, 1918.
Buried, Grave 9, Row 6, Block C, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Ole Kleven
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery B, 40th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 10, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1694 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1944
Private Thomas H. Kilchemann
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 116th Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: July 30, 1944 / Age: 18
Killed in action in France
1967
Private First Class David Bruce Kline
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 8th Calvary Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Calvary Division
Date of Loss: July 02, 1967 / Age: 18
David Kline died while missing in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Arthur J. Klinger
Ansonville, PAWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: June 06, 1918 / Age: 41
Killed in action on June 6, 1918.
Grave unlocated. Missing in Action or Buried at Sea. Tablets of the Missing at Somme American Cemetery, Bony, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1945
Commander George O. Klinsmann
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy
Date of Loss: January 15, 1945 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.
1951
Private First Class Gene F. Klos
Mercer County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 35th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 25th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: March 07, 1951 / Age:
1944
PFC Robert H. Klose
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: August 07, 1944 / Age:
Brother to Staff Sergeant Kenneth A.
1943
Staff Sgt. Kenneth A. Klose
Buchanan, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 506th Bomber Squadron, 44th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Loss: March 22, 1943 / Age: 24
Brother to PFC Robert H.
1968
Specialist 4 Douglas Clemens Klose
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 28th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Infantry Division
Date of Loss: October 27, 1968 / Age: 21
Specialist Four Klose was Killed in Action by a hostile explosive device in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam.