State Heroes
1950
Master Sergeant Archie K. Bellon
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battaloin
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 32nd Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 7th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 27, 1950 / Age: 37
Killed in the battle of the Chosin Reservoir
1944
Lt. Col. Russell W. Bellows
Jamestown, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Division Artillery, 96th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 10, 1944 / Age: 35
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1918
Pvt. Harold William Beltman
Tower City, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 79th Company, 6th Regiment
Date of Loss: June 14, 1918 / Age: 20
Killed in action on June 14, 1918.
Burial, Section C, Plot 3, Cemetery 1764; reinterred at Tower City, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Walter Pennington Belyea
WWI Student Army Training Corps
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 26, 1918 / Age:
Died while serving as a member of the Student Army Corps on the UND Campus in Grand Forks during the 1918 flu pandemic. Name included on the UND S.A.T.C. website.
1943
AMM1 William Benbow
Fargo, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy
Date of Loss: December 07, 1943 / Age: 22
Killed in action. Buried at sea.
1918
Seaman John George Bender
World War I
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: SS Pioneer
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 20
Died in Naval Hospital, New York, on Oct. 13, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1944
Staff Sergeant Ralph R. Bender
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 710th Bomber Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 447th Bomber Group
Date of Loss: March 03, 1944 / Age: 21
Ralph was declared "Missing In Action" when his B-17 collided with B-17G #42-38075 and crashed in the North Sea near Wesermunde, Germany during the war
1943
Pvt.1st Class Melvin Eugene Bender
Streeter, NDBranch of Service: Marines
Date of Loss: March 06, 1943 / Age:
Died while in Prisoner of War status on Dec 17, 1943.
1945
PFC Aaron C. Bender
LaMoure, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 359th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: January 05, 1945 / Age: 34
Killed in action in Luxembourg.
1944
1st Lt. Wallace W. Bengson
Esmond, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 327th Bomber Squadron, 92nd Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Loss: October 03, 1944 / Age: 26
Killed in action in the Netherlands while flying as a navigator on a B-17 of the 92nd Bomb Group. His aircraft collided with another and lost half of the right wing.
1945
Private First Class Gunnar A. Benidikston
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 18th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Infantry Division
Date of Loss: January 15, 1945 / Age: 23
Killed in action in the vicinity of Butgenbach, Belgium. At the time of his death he was rifleman with his company which was attacking an enemy-held position.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Andrew H. Bennett
Minot, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 23
Died, Oct. 6, 1918, at American Red Cross Hospital No. 110, from wounds received in action, Oct. 5, 1918.
1944
2nd Lt. Donald L. Bennett
World War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 615th Bomber Squadron, 401st Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Loss: August 01, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action in France.
1945
1st Lieutenant Bernard S. Bennison
World War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Date of Loss: April 15, 1945 / Age: 25
Killed in action over Kawasaki, Japan
1918
Pvt. Guy Vivian Benoit
Verona, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 139th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 15, 1921, and buried at LaMoure, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.