State Heroes
1944
Baker 1st Class Kenton E. Kuebker
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: October 25, 1944 / Age: 25
On 24 October, U.S.S. Albert W. Grant joined TG 77.2 and sailed to engage a Japanese task force reported steaming northward from the Sulu Sea toward Surigao Strait.
2007
Staff Sergeant David C. Kuehl
Wahpeton, ND
Iraq (OIF/OND/OIR)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 4th Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade (Stryker Brigade Combat Team)
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 2nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: May 22, 2007 / Age: 27
Died May 22 in Taji, Iraq, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his unit.
1918
Wagoner John Frederick Kuehne
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 4th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Division
Date of Loss: October 27, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of broncho pneumonia, on Oct. 27, 1918.
Buried, Grave 26, Row 21, Block A, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1943
Ens. Joseph F. Kufner
Maza, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: October 13, 1943 / Age:
Died while in MIA status. Killed aboard the USS Bristol on a convoy escort mission northwest of Bone, Algeria. The ship was struck by a Gnat from U-371 on the port side at the forward engine room, while escorting a small convoy to Oran, Algeria.
1969
Corporal David James Kuhn
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 3rd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 196th Light Infantry Brigade
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 21st Infantry Division
Date of Loss: May 23, 1969 / Age: 19
Corporal Kuhn was killed in action through hostile actions in Quang Tin, South Vietnam.
1918
Pvt.1st Class George Harold Kuhn
Beach, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 164th Ambulance Company, 116th Sanitary Train
Date of Loss: August 21, 1918 / Age: 26
Killed in action on Aug. 21, 1918.
Buried, Grave 39, Row 35, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1944
1st Lieutenant Anthony Kuhn
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: B-24D #41-24186
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 72nd Bomber Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 5th Bomb Group
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 13th Army Air Force
Date of Loss: March 05, 1944 / Age: 26
After a successful bombing mission it was noticed by other B-24's, while returning to base, that B-24D #41-24186 was not able to close their bomb bay doors and that one of their engines was also on fire.
1945
Private Leroy H. Kuhn
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: August 12, 1945 / Age: 21
Died in service in Gladwater, Texas
1941
Seaman 1c Howard H. Kukuk
Cavalier, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Arizona
Date of Loss: December 07, 1941 / Age:
Died while in MIA status after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Remains not recovered.Â
1944
Corporal John W. Kunde
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 06, 1944 / Age: 23
Died in service in Las Vegas, Nevada
1969
1st Lieutenant Roger Douglas Knudtson
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Marines
Date of Loss: February 04, 1969 / Age: 24
Roger was in a UH-34D helicopter that collided in mid-air with another UH-34D and he died as a result of multiple injuries when the UH-34D
crashed and burned.
1943
2nd Lieutenant Arthur R. Kuntz
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: February 28, 1943 / Age: 24
Died in service in Avon Park, Florida
1945
2nd Lieutenant Pius G. Kuntz
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 392nd AAF Fighter Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 367th fighter group
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 9th Air Force
Date of Loss: March 26, 1945 / Age: 24
On 25 March 1945, flying a P-47D Thunderbolt fighter, Pius was on a dive bombing mission, the target was in Aschaffenburg. He was shot down near Dettingen Germany by enemy flak. The Kuntz family requested the body be returned to North Dakota.
1952
Private First Class Nickolaus Kuntz
Grant County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 160th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 40th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: October 22, 1952 / Age:
1971
Communications Technician Collection Petty Officer 2nd Class John A. Kuntz
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: June 04, 1971 / Age: 25
Died in service in Ryukyu Islands.