State Heroes

1944

Private Ernest La Forte

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 41st Armed Infantry Regiment

Date of Loss: November 21, 1944 / Age: 39

Killed in action in Germany

1969

Specialist 4 Merlin James Laber

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 198th Light Infantry Brigade

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 46th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: May 14, 1969 / Age: 21

Killed in action through hostile small arms fire in Quang Tin, South Vietnam. 

1919

Anton Labolewich

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Medical Detachment

Date of Loss: January 22, 1919 / Age: 23

Died of influenza on Jan. 22, 1919.

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

1918

Charles Edward LaBrash

World War I

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 79th Company

Date of Loss: October 03, 1918 / Age: 30

Killed in action on Oct. 3, 1918.

Burial, Grave No. 2727, Arlington National Cemetery, Va.

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

1918

John P. Lacher

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 128th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age: 23

Killed in action on Oct. 17, 1918.

Buried in France. Grave unlocated.

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

1945

Private Clement W. Lack

World War II

Branch of Service: Marines

Date of Loss: May 02, 1945 / Age: 22

Killed in action in Okinawa

1944

1st Lt. Loran R. Ladwig

World War II

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Marine Corps

Date of Loss: September 17, 1944 / Age: 24

Killed in action in the Philippines.

1945

Pvt. Gilbert P. Lafferty

Leyden, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 23rd Infantry Battalion, 7th Armored Division

Date of Loss: January 24, 1945 / Age: 25

Killed in action in Belgium.

1944

Pvt. Charles J. LaFrance

Maryville Township, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: F Company, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Parachute Infantry, 101st Airborne Division

Date of Loss: September 19, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action during Operation Market Garden in the Netherlands.

1951

Private William J. Lafrance

McHenry County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: B Company

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 7th Cavalry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Cavalry Division

Date of Loss: February 04, 1951 / Age: 21

Awarded the Silver Star posthumously.

1918

Harry Eugene Lahman

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 338th Machine Gun Battalion

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

Killed in action on Oct. 12, 1918.

Buried in Grave 35, Row 23, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

1917

Seaman 2c Claudius Andrew LaLone

World War I

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Naval Hospital, New York

Date of Loss: June 14, 1917 / Age: 17

Died in Naval Hospital, New York, on June 14, 1917.

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

1945

Private Leo C. Lambert

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 129th Infantry Regiment A/S Infantry

Date of Loss: January 30, 1945 / Age: 28

Killed in action in Luzon, Philippine Islands

1918

Sgt. Herbert R. Lambrecht

Casselton, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 347th Infantry

Date of Loss: November 11, 1918 / Age: 25

Died of lobar pneumonia on Nov. 11, 1918.

Buried, Nov. 13, 1918, at Gievres, Loir et Cher, France. Remains returned to U. S. on Nov. 10, 1920, and buried at Casselton, N. Dak.

1945

Captain John Landdeck Jr.

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: April 14, 1945 / Age: 29

Killed in action in Cebu, Philippine Islands