State Heroes
1944
Corporal Stanley J. Kosmatka
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 309th Field Artillery Battalion
Date of Loss: December 29, 1944 / Age: 28
Died in service in Germany
1945
Private First Class Timothy E. Kotaska
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 137th Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: March 05, 1945 / Age: 30
Died as a Prisoner Of War at Bad Soden-Salmunster Hospital (Serves Stalag 9-B) Bad Soden Hessen-Nassau, Prussia 50-09
1918
George William Koth
Sheyenne, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 53rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Hancock, Ga., on Oct. 4, 1918.
Buried at Sheyenne, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1920
Saddler Harry Kotschorek
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 1st Division Engineer Train
Date of Loss: September 27, 1920 / Age: 25
Died on Sept. 27, 1920, surgical shock following operation.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1944
Private First Class Elmer E. Kouba
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 379th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 95th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 17, 1944 / Age: 38
Killed in action in France
1944
Staff Sgt. John G. Kowalski
Park River, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 422nd Bomber Squadron, 305th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Loss: July 05, 1944 / Age: 25
Died while in MIA status.
1952
Airman 3rd Class Leore J. Kowarsch
Branch of Service: Air Force
Date of Loss: August 09, 1952 / Age: 20
Died in service in Mobile, Alabama in a car accident
1918
Private Sydney Edgar Kraabel
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps UND Grand Forks ND
Date of Loss: October 19, 1918 / Age: 18
Died while serving as a member of the Student Army Training Corps  on the UND campus in Grand Forks during the 1918 flu pandemic. Name included on the UND S.A.T.C. website
1918
Private Sydney Edgar Kraabel
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps UND Grand Forks ND
Date of Loss: October 19, 1918 / Age: 18
Died while serving as a member of the Student Army Training Corps  on the UND campus in Grand Forks during the 1918 flu pandemic. Name included on the UND S.A.T.C. website
1918
Henry H. Kraemer
West Union, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 131st Infantry
Date of Loss: August 11, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action, on Aug. 11, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Dec. 28, 1920, and buried at West Union, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1969
Specialist 4 Robert Leo Kraft
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 101st Airborne Division
Date of Loss: August 05, 1969 / Age: 19
Specialist 4 Kraft was killed in action by hostile small arms fire in Thua Thien, South Vietnam.
1983
Lance Corporal Todd Anthony Kraft
Devils Lake, ND
Lebanon
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: G Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2/8 Battalion Landing Team
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 22nd Marine Amphibious Unit
Date of Loss: December 04, 1983 / Age: 19
The evening of December 4th a reinforced squad of Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines, led by Sgt Manuel A.
1951
Master Sergeant Leo J. Kraft
McHenry County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 187th Airborne Infantry Regimental Combat Team
Date of Loss: May 31, 1951 / Age: 24
1944
PFC Ernest O. Kragtorp
McVille, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 262nd Infantry Regiment, 66th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 25, 1944 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.
1941
PFC James A. Krahn
Langdon, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Arizona
Date of Loss: December 07, 1941 / Age:
Aboard USS Arizona. Remains not recovered.