State Heroes
1919
Wagoner Einar E. Orbom
St. Paul, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Field Hospital No. 41
Date of Loss: February 06, 1919 / Age: 23
Died on Feb. 6, 1919, of pneumonia.
Buried, Grave 31, Row 14, Block H, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
2012
Specialist Tyler J. Orgaard
Bismarck, ND
Afghanistan (OEF/OFS)
Branch of Service: National Guard
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 818th Engineer Company, Williston, ND
Date of Loss: December 03, 2012 / Age: 20
Died Dec. 3 in southern Afghanistan of wounds caused by an improvised explosive device.
1918
Private Edmond Orning
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps UND Grand Forks ND
Date of Loss: October 31, 1918 / Age: 21
Died while serving as a member of the Student Army Training Corps  on the UND campus in Grand Forks during the 1918 flu pandemic. Name included on the UND S.A.T.C. website
1918
Private Edmond Orning
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps UND Grand Forks ND
Date of Loss: October 31, 1918 / Age: 21
Died while serving as a member of the Student Army Training Corps  on the UND campus in Grand Forks during the 1918 flu pandemic. Name included on the UND S.A.T.C. website
1950
Sergeant Joseph M. Orr
Ramsey County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 82nd Anti-Aircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 2nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: September 27, 1950 / Age:
1968
Specialist 4 Richard Wayne Orsund
Grafton, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Troop F
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Date of Loss: March 27, 1968 / Age: 20
Richard Wayne Orsund died in Binh Duong, South Vietnam from metal fragment wound received while going on night defense perimeter when engaged hostile force.
1944
Private Willard O. Orth
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: September 04, 1944 / Age: 26
Died in service in France
1951
Corporal Robert H. Ortloff
Mountrail County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 9th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 2nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 01, 1951 / Age:
1944
Private First Class Ervin R. Orvis
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 320th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 35th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 24, 1944 / Age: 18
Killed in action in St Lo, France
1943
Staff Sgt. Vincent V. Osadchy
World War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 410th Bomber Squadron, 94th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Loss: November 29, 1943 / Age: 23
Died while in MIA status. Lost at sea.
1946
Colonel Roy W. Osborn
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: June 09, 1946 / Age: 32
A crash of a C-54 transport on Taboga Island, Panama, on June 9, 1946.
1918
John Oscar
Jerseyville, ILWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 307th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 28
Killed in action on Oct. 4, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 14, 1921, and buried in Grave 3528, European Section, Arlington National Cemetery, Va.
1942
Sergeant Albert J. Osmon
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 06, 1942 / Age: 20
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
1943
Private First Class Clifford E. Ost
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 135th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 34th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 10, 1943 / Age: 21
Killed in action in North Africa
1918
Melvin Ostby
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 303rd Mechanics Repair Shop, Motor Transport Corps
Date of Loss: November 17, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia on Nov. 17, 1918.
Buried in Grave 34, Row 11, Block A, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.