State Heroes

1944

PFC Leonard C. Nedella

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 357th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: December 06, 1944 / Age: 23

Killed in action near France.

1946

AMM2c Leonard B. Nedrebo

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve

Date of Loss: January 14, 1946 / Age:

Died while in MIA status.

1918

Sgt. Clyde Arthur Neer

Alexander, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: School for Bakers and Cooks

Date of Loss: August 09, 1918 / Age: 29

Accidentally killed at Camp Pike, Ark., on Aug. 9, 1918.

Buried at Alexander, N. Dak.

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

1918

Fred Neher

Leith, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 140th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 24

Killed in action, on Sept. 28, 1918.

Buried in Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 29, 1921, and buried at Leith, N. Dak.

1918

Paul Nehls

Wittenburg, WI

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Field Hospital Company No. 245, 12th Sanitary Train

Date of Loss: September 24, 1918 / Age: 27

Died of pneumonia on Sept. 24, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 3, page 2277 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

1952

Corporal James B. Nehowig

Fargo, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Battalion

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 38th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 2nd Infantry Division

Date of Loss: September 20, 1952 / Age:

He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy at "Old Baldy", North Korea on September 20, 1952. 

1918

David Daniel Nehrenberg

Drake, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 164th Infantry

Date of Loss: May 02, 1918 / Age: 21

Killed in action, on Cantigny Front, May 2, 1918.

Buried, Grave No. 72, American Cemetery No. 176. Reburied, Drake, N. Dak.

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

1944

Tech. Sgt. Elmer J. Neis

Reeder, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Air Force

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 587th Bomber Squadron, 394th Bomber Group, Medium

Date of Loss: June 14, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action in France.

1952

Sergeant Ellis R. Nell

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 18th Engineers Combat Battalion

Date of Loss: July 29, 1952 / Age: 21

Died in service in Germany

1918

Louis Nelsen

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 110th Engineers

Date of Loss: August 25, 1918 / Age: 26

Killed accidentally on Aug. 25, 1918.

Buried, Grave 29, Row 33, 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 Lt. Jenner C. Nelson

World War II

Branch of Service: Air Force

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 404th Bomber Squadron, 28th Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Loss: December 06, 1944 / Age:

Died while in MIA status. Died on a mission due to an engine failure southwest of Alaska.

1944

Staff Sergeant Malcolm B. Nelson

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 358th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 90th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: July 07, 1944 / Age: 26

Killer in action in France

1970

Specialist 4 Alan Gerald Nelson

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: August 30, 1970 / Age: 24

He died in service in Okinawa. 

1945

Chief Quartermaster Elmer W. Nelson

New England, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy

Date of Loss: July 23, 1945 / Age:

Died while in MIA status.

1944

Staff Sergeant Melvin A. Nelson

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: August 16, 1944 / Age: 26

Killed in action in France