State Heroes

Sergeant Alfred R. Oksendahl

World War II

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 24th Marines Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 4th Marine Division

Date of Loss: March 07, 1945 / Age: 28

Killed in action in Iwo Jima

2nd Lieutenant Thomas B. Oksendahl

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: May 15, 1943 / Age: 31

Died in service in Morgantown, North Carolina

2nd Lieutenant Jack M. Oland

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: August 02, 1945 / Age: 26

Died while in service in a car accident in Richmond, Virgina

Private Stephen Olason

Hensel, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: December 14, 1944 / Age: 24

After training at various centers he was sent to Burma and placed in an airborne crew. While thus engaged he was killed in action Dec. 14, 1944. 

Pvt.1st Class Amund Olauson

Cooperstown

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 307th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 27

Died on Oct. 5, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried, Grave 28, Row 46, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Arthur Oldmouse

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company No. 22, September Automatic Replacement Draft

Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 29

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 7, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 12, 1920, and buried at Elbowoods, N. Dak.

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

2nd Lieutenant Joseph J. Oleskow

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 307th Infantry Regiment

Date of Loss: May 12, 1945 / Age: 26

Killed in action in Okinawa

Christopher Oleson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery D, 12th Field Artillery

Date of Loss: February 20, 1919 / Age: 22

Died of broncho pneumonia at Coblenz, Germany, on Feb. 20, 1919.

Remains returned to U. S. on July 24, 1920, and buried in Grave 172, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.

Ralph Ellis Olinger

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 313th Military Police

Date of Loss: October 16, 1918 / Age: 25

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 16, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on June 6, 1921, and buried in Erie Cemetery, Erie, Ill.

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

1st Lieutenant Glenn H. Oliver

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 289th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 75th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: February 04, 1945 / Age: 26

Killed in action in Epinal, France

Yoeman 3rd Class John R. Olm

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: July 10, 1943 / Age: 21

Died in service in Leatherback, Philippine Islands

Vivian James Olmstead

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery A, 42nd Field Artillery

Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age: 23

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 17, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 3, page 2395 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Charles Leo Olmstead

World War I

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Ill.

Date of Loss: April 27, 1918 / Age: 26

Died in Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill., on April 27, 1918.

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

1st Lieutenant James T. Olmstead

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 329th Fighter Squadron

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 328th Fighter Group

Date of Loss: May 22, 1943 / Age: 23

Lt. Olmstead was leading a group of fighter aircraft during a training flight from Oakland Municipal Airport to Oroville, California, via Sacramento for a fuel stop. After departing Sacramento, he began demonstrating shallow barrel rolls.

Fireman 1st Class Clifford N. Olos

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS West Virginia

Date of Loss: December 07, 1941 / Age: 20

Was aboard the USS West Virgina which was bombed at Pearl Harbor. Apparently he and two other ship mates lived for 16 days in the fresh water pumping station known as A-111.