State Heroes

Magnus Nelson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: July 30, 1918 / Age: 17

Died on July 30, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried, Grave 26, Row 8, Block B, Suresnes American Cemetery, Suresnes, Seine, France.

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

FM1C/E-3 Warren G. Nelson

World War II

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: E Company 2nd Battalion 8th Marines

Date of Loss: November 20, 1943 / Age: 20

FM1c/E-3 Warren G. Nelson enlisted in the United States Marine Corps on December 13, 1942 and received his basic training in San Diego, CA.

Sergeant First Class Ingvald O. Nelson

Korean War, World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: January 01, 1953 / Age: 38

Died in service in Snyder, Oklahoma

Charles A. Nelson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: July 20, 1918 / Age: 22

Died on July 20, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried, Grave 62, Row 13, Block B, Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, Aisne, France.

James Harshey Nelson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 18th Company, Main Training Depot, Machine Gun Training Center

Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 30

Died of pnuemonia, on Oct. 4, 1918.

Buried, Wyndmere, N. Dak.

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

Technician 5th Grade Kenneth D. Nelson

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: July 20, 1945 / Age: 19

Died in service in Japan

Technical Sergeant Lawrence R. Nelson

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: July 08, 1944 / Age: 27

Killed in action in France

Arthur Julius Nelson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 34th Company, 9th Training Battalion, 161st Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 25

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 8, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 3, page 2282 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Sergeant Lawrence V. Nelson

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 82nd Airbourne Division

Date of Loss: January 30, 1945 / Age: 24

Killed in action in Belgium

Sergeant Lloyd I. Nelson

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 175th Infantry Regiment

Date of Loss: June 08, 1944 / Age: 26

He arrived overseas in October 1942. He was injured during the D-Day invasion when his unit landed on the beaches of Normandy, France. Two days later he died of his wounds.

Seaman 1c Earl Nermoe

Upham, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS West Virginia

Date of Loss: December 07, 1941 / Age: 22

Navy Seaman 1C Class Earl Nermoe was assigned to the battleship USS West Virginia that was hit by two bombs and at least seven torpedoes from Japanese airplanes on Dec. 7, 1941.

Captain Joseph H. Nesbit

World War II

Branch of Service: Air Force

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 1st Squadron, 480th Antisubmarine Group

Date of Loss: November 24, 1942 / Age:

Died while in MIA status.

Private First Class Noel S. Ness

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: May 07, 1954 / Age: 22

Died in service in Korea

1st Lieutenant David Jon Nesset

Fargo, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 229th Assault Helicopter Battalion

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

Date of Loss: April 19, 1968 / Age: 26

On April 19, 1968, an aircraft from B Company, 229th Assault Helicopter Battalion, 1st Air Cavalry Division, was the lead ship on a combat assault into A Shau Valley.

George Nesseth

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.