State Heroes

Seaman 1c Wallace E. Odegaard
Horace, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy
Date of Loss: October 28, 1944 / Age: 21
Killed in the sinking of the destroyer USS Hoel in the Battle at Leyte Gulf, in the Philippines.

Private First Class Gustave Odegard
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: March 11, 1944 / Age: 25
Died in service in Italy

Private First Class Hans M. Odegard
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 26, 1942 / Age: 28
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

Private Thomas C. Odenbaugh
Golden Valley County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 29th Regimental Combat Team
Date of Loss: August 22, 1950 / Age:
Pvt. Carl Alfred Oefstedahl
Spring Grove, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 138th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 11, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on July 11, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 1, 1921, and buried at Spring Grove, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Pvt.1st Class Erick Ofstad
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 359th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 27
Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.
Grave unlocated.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

2nd Lieutenant Willard V. Ofsthun
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 22nd Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 4th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 09, 1944 / Age: 33
Killed in action in France

Corporal John R. Ogilvie
Ramsey County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 31st Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 7th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 05, 1951 / Age:
Pvt. Lloyd A. Ohlheiser
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 347th Infantry Regiment, 87th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: January 05, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action near Luxembourg.

Private First Class Sidney O. Ohman
Walum ND
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 346th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 87th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: January 11, 1945 / Age: 19
Killed in action in Belgium

Staff Sergeant Casper J. Oie
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Air Corps
Date of Loss: October 24, 1942 / Age: 24
POW: Cabanatuan Prisoner of War Camp, Luzon, Philippines.
Died of dysentery and malnutrition on October 24, 1942. Buried in mass grave at POW Camp.
Remains recovered October 1952.

Corporal Arnold K. Oien
World War II
Branch of Service: Marines
Date of Loss: October 01, 1943 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Vella La Vella, Solomon Islands

Joseph J. Oien
Boyd, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 139th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 16, 1918 / Age: 22
Died on Oct. 16, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 37, Row 9, Block B, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Pvt.1st Class Theodore Bernhard Oium
Towner, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 14th Ammunition Train
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 30
Died of pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 11, 1918.
Buried at Towner, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Ernest Algot Okeson
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 128th Infantry
Date of Loss: November 10, 1918 / Age: 29
Killed in action on Nov. 10, 1918.
Buried in Grave 21, Row 5, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.