State Heroes
1952
2nd Lieutenant Robert A. Moe
Korean War
Branch of Service: Air Force
Date of Loss: December 11, 1952 / Age: 22
Died in service in Holopaw, Florida
1944
Electrician's Mate 3C Gustaf A. Moeller
Tolna, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: July 11, 1944 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.
1918
Uldrick K. Moen
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 139th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 27, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Sept. 27, 1918.
Buried, Grave 12, Row 40, Block B, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Neil Merriam Moen
World War I
Date of Loss: November 11, 1918 / Age:
Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information NOT found in the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1944
Sergeant Gerhard P. Moen
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 358th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 11, 1944 / Age: 31
Killed in action in France
1944
2nd Lieutenant Merland E. Moen
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: May 15, 1944 / Age: 21
While participating in aerial combat maneuvers with three other aircraft out of the Hayward Army Airfield, was last seen to have peeled off and dive towards the Pacific, roughly between the Farallon Islands and Pescadero Point, California.
1944
Pvt. John Moen
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 540th Engineer Regiment
Date of Loss: March 01, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near Italy.
Pvt. Alfred Moen
Devils Lake, ND
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 308th Infantry
Overseas from Aug. 8, 1918, to Jan. 4, 1919; wounded, severely, Oct. 3, 1918.
Engagements:
Offensive: Meuse-Argonne.
Defensive Sector: Foret-d'Argonne (Lorraine).
1918
Oscar Alvin Mohagen
Grafton, NDWWI Student Army Training Corps
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Students Army Training Corps
Date of Loss: November 28, 1918 / Age: 19
Died of broncho pneumonia, at Northfield. Minn., on Nov. 28, 1918.
Buried at Grafton, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1944
Warrant Officer Second Class Otis J. Mohler
World War II
Date of Loss: May 28, 1944 / Age: 26
Otis Judson served in the 420 Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force as a Warrant Officer Second Class during World War II.
1945
Private John T. Moland
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: February 14, 1945 / Age: 30
Killed in action in Prum, Germany
1918
Axel Molander
World War I
Date of Loss: November 11, 1918 / Age:
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information NOT found in the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1951
Lieutenant Colonel Leland P. Molland
Fargo, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: Headquarters Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 49th Fighter Bomber Group
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 15th Air Force
Date of Loss: May 16, 1951 / Age: 32
"Lieutenant Colonel Molland was the pilot of a T-33A Shooting Star fighter with the Headquarters Squadron, 49th Fighter Bomber Group.
1951
Private First Class Earl Purdon Mollerud
Wahpeton, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Air/Navy Gunfire Liaison Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Signal Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Marine Division
Date of Loss: June 08, 1951 / Age: 20
He was killed when his jeep hit a land mine.
1944
Water Tender 2c Albert L. Molzahn
Minot, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age:
Died while in MIA status - buried at sea.