State Heroes

1950

Technical Sergeant Karl Vernon Kludt

McClusky, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Marines

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 548th "Nightfighter" Squadron

Date of Loss: September 24, 1950 / Age: 34

The plane he was in received a direct hit from anti-aircraft, exploded, and crashed into the Han River, very close to a power plant. His body was never recovered. 

1918

John Klukas

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 78th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 29

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 7, 1918.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Information found in Volume 2, page 1699 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

1944

EM2 Adam Jack Klupp

Regent, ND

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age:

Died when Arisan Maru, transporting Allied Prisoners of War from the Philippines to Japan, was sunk by USS Shark (SS-314)

1944

Electrician's Mate 2c Adam J. Klupp

Regent, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy

Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age: 26

Died while in a POW camp.

1945

Corporal Ward H. Knable

World War II

Branch of Service: Air Force

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 673rd Bomber Squadron, 417th Bomber Group, Light

Date of Loss: February 12, 1945 / Age:

Died while in MIA status.

1945

Major Richard J. Knapp

Binford ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: April 23, 1945 / Age: 25

Died in service in Rumkhapalong, India

1944

Staff Sergeant Theodore Knapp

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 323rd Bomber Squadron

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 91st Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Loss: November 02, 1944 / Age: 21

Killed in action in Germany

Private Olaf Knapp

Binford, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 139th Infantry Regiment

Wounded, slightly, Sept. 30, 1918.

Engagements:

Offensive: Meuse Argonne.
Defensive Sectors: Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine); Gerardmer (Alsace).

1944

Major George W. Knauer

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 2675th Allied Control Regiment

Date of Loss: September 19, 1944 / Age:

Died while in MIA status.

1918

Pvt. Earl Laverne Kneeland

Winnebago, MN

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 139th Infantry

Date of Loss: November 12, 1918 / Age: 24

Died of pneumonia, on Nov. 12, 1918.

Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 1, 1921, and buried at Winnebago, Minn.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

1943

Private First Class Edward N. Kniefel

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 161st Infantry Regiment

Date of Loss: August 01, 1943 / Age: 28

Killed in action in New Georgia

1945

Tech. 4c John C. Knight

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 899th Tank Destroyer Battalion

Date of Loss: March 12, 1945 / Age:

Killed in action near Belgium.

1966

Specialist 4 Irvin Dale Knippelberg

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 4th Battalion

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 23rd Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 25th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: May 19, 1966 / Age: 27

Irvin Knippelberg was Killed in Action through hostile small arms fire in South Vietnam.

1918

Pvt. David Knittel

Napolean, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 140th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division

Date of Loss: October 02, 1918 / Age: 24

Died in Field Hospital, Buzancy, Germany, on Oct. 2, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried, Grave 17, Row 11, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

1918

Pvt. Orville LeRoy Knoph

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 164th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 17

Killed in action, Oct. 8, 1918.

Buried in Grave No. 10, Row 28, Block G, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.