State Heroes

Cpl. Theodore Albert Oukrop

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 18

Killed in action on Oct. 8, 1918.

Grave unlocated.

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

Pvt.1st Class George Beryl Ouren

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Supple Company, 39th Infantry

Date of Loss: November 02, 1918 / Age: 30

Died of pneumonia, in France, on Nov. 2, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on May 24, 1921, and buried in Walnut Hill Cemetery, Council Bluffs, Iowa.

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

Edward Lawrence Ouse

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 46th Company, 12th Battalion, 160th Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: August 19, 1918 / Age: 23

Died of pneumonia on Aug. 19, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 3, page 2461 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Louis Ousley

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: February 02, 1918 / Age: 19

Killed in action on Feb. 2, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on June 28, 1921, and buried in Riverview Cemetery, Wilton, N. Dak.

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

Staff Sergeant Erwin W.C. Overbo

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: April 23, 1944 / Age: 28

Killed in action in Dutch, New Guinea

Pvt. Eugene J. Overby

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 137th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: November 08, 1944 / Age: 20

Killed in action in Germany.

Pvt. Clarence H. Overby

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 3rd Medical Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division

Date of Loss: September 24, 1943 / Age: 27

Killed in action in Italy while engaging in carrying wounded from the field of battle, being a member of the hospital corps unit. He died when the Jeep he was riding in drove over a Teller mine.

PFC Alvin Overby

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 320th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: August 13, 1944 / Age: 25

Killed in action in France.

Private First Class Orville R. Overby

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 60th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 9th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: October 11, 1944 / Age: 23

Killed in action in Germany

2nd Lt. Norman O. Overholt

World War II

Branch of Service: Air Force

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 779th Bomber Squadron, 464th Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Loss: September 10, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near France.

Master Sergeant Chester Melvin Ovnand

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: July 08, 1959 / Age: 44

On the night of July 8, six of the men were in the mess hall watching a movie when Viet Cong terrorists attacked and opened fire. Major Buis and Sergeant Ovnand were killed along with two Vietnamese guards.

Lars Olai Ovrevik

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 352nd Infantry

Date of Loss: October 25, 1918 / Age: 27

Died of pneumonia, Oct. 25, 1918.

Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 28, 1922, and buried at Creston, Ill.

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

Pvt.1st Class Levi Bartley Owen

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 358th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 14, 1918 / Age: 25

Died of wounds received in action, on Sept. 14, 1918, at Tuhl, near St. Mihiel.

Buried, St. Mihiel.

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

Cook Milfred Harry Owen

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 41st Field Artillery

Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 22

Died at Camp Custer, Mich., of pneumonia, Oct. 9, 1918.

Buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Lisbon, N. Dak.

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

CMA3 Hershel Owen

World War I

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Naval Air Station, St. Trojan

Date of Loss: September 20, 1918 / Age: 20

Died of pneumonia on Sept. 20, 1918.

Buried in France cemetery.

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