State Heroes

1918

Teamster Robert R. Bigham

Dunseith, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Disciplinary Barracks, Quartermaster Corps, Fort Leavenworth, Kans.

Date of Loss: December 13, 1918 / Age: 37

Died of pneumonia at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., on Dec. 13, 1918.

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

1950

Corporal Milton P. Billigmeier

Stutsman County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 3rd Battalion, 29th Infantry Regimental Combat Team

Date of Loss: July 27, 1950 / Age:

He was listed as Missing in Action while fighting the enemy near Hadong, South Korea on July 27, 1950 and was presumed dead on February 24, 1954.

1943

PFC William F. Billings

Devils Lake, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 751st Tank Battalion

Date of Loss: February 06, 1943 / Age: 27

Killed in action in Oran, Algeria.

1918

Pvt.1st Class Loe James Billings

Lisbon, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 303rd Field Signal Battalion

Date of Loss: October 22, 1918 / Age: 29

Killed in action on Oct. 22, 1918.

Buried in France. Reburied at Lisbon, N. Dak.

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

1969

Corporal Peter Binstock Jr

New England, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Troop A

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Squadron

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 1st Cavalry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: Americal Division

Date of Loss: January 03, 1969 / Age: 21

Died in service in Quang Nam, South Vietnam in non-hostile action when a strap broke on a water trailer that was being lifted and hit him.

1944

Staff Sergeant Edward J. Birch

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: B-17 Flying Fortress

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 32nd Bomber Squadron B-17 FLYING FORTRESS

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 301st Bomber Group

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 15th US Army Air Forces

Date of Loss: July 26, 1944 / Age: 19

Killed in action in a plane that crashed in Austria, the plane departed Italy

1942

Private First Class Roy E. Birch

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: April 08, 1942 / Age: 32

Killed in action in North Africa

1945

MM1 John B. Bird

Haynes, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Trigger

Date of Loss: April 20, 1945 / Age: 23

Died while in MIA status. Member of the crew on the USS Trigger, which was reported as lost/MIA while patrolling a known mined area of the East China Sea.

1918

Cpl. George Murdock Bissett

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 58th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division

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

Killed in action at Argonne, France, on Oct. 7, 1918.

Buried in Grave 16, Row 5, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

1944

Private First Class Emil Bitz

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 54th Armored Infantry Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 10th Armored Division

Date of Loss: November 27, 1944 / Age: 22

Killed in action in Germany

1918

Cook Clair Louis Bixby

Brainerd, MN

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: July 04, 1918 / Age: 24

Died in France, of pneumonia, on July 4, 1918.

Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 26, 1920, and buried at Brainerd, Minn.

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