State Heroes

Private Gilbert T. Owens

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 233rd Engineer Combat Battalion

Date of Loss: December 06, 1944 / Age: 31

Killed in action in Leyte, Philippine Islands

Pvt.1st Class Henry Bernard Pacholl

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 357th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 25, 1918 / Age: 23

Died on Oct. 25, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried, Grave 15, Row 26, Block H, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Private Mark F. Packard

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 347th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 87th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: March 25, 1945 / Age: 23

Killed in action in Germany

Private First Class Charles M. Page Jr.

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: July 30, 1944 / Age: 21

Killed in action in France

Lieutenant Charles E. Pagenkopf

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: March 23, 1945 / Age: 29

Died in service in Waurika, Oklahoma in a plane crash

Pvt. William W. Palensky

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 6th Infantry, 1st Armored Division

Date of Loss: April 24, 1943 / Age:

Killed in action in North Africa.

James A. Palmer

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Fort Caswell September Automatic Replacement Draft, Company No. 2

Date of Loss: October 02, 1918 / Age: 37

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 2, 1918, at Camp Merritt, N. J.

Buried, Newlon, Mont.

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

Seaman 2c Wilferd Dewey Palmer

Minot, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Oaklahoma

Date of Loss: December 07, 1941 / Age: 21

Died while in MIA status. Crew member aboard the USS Oklahoma, killed during the attack on Pearl Harbor along with 428 fellow crewmen.

North Dakotans lost on the Oklahoma:

Seaman 2c Calvin Harry Palmer

Minot

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Oklahoma

Date of Loss: December 07, 1941 / Age: 23

Died while in MIA status. Crew member aboard the USS Oklahoma, killed during the attack on Pearl Harbor along with 428 fellow crewmen. 

North Dakotans lost on the Oklahoma:

Harry Andrew Palmer

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 78th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 28

Died of pneumonia on Sept. 29, 1918, at Camp Custer, Mich.

Buried, Grace City, N. Dak.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Harry E Palmer.

2nd Lieutenant Raymond H. Palon Jr.

Korean War

Branch of Service: Air Force

Date of Loss: February 17, 1953 / Age: 22

Died in service in Grand Marias, Minnesota

1st Lt. Conrad F. Pankow

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: June 14, 1944 / Age: 26

Died while in MIA status in France.

Pvt.1st Class Clayton D. Pannebaker

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: July 18, 1918 / Age: 19

Killed in action, at Soissons, France, on July 18, 1918.

Buried in France. Reburied in Grave 3510, European Section, Arlington National Cemetery, Va.

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

Pvt.1st Class Joseph E. Pariseau

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 23

Killed in action on Oct. 9, 1918.

Buried, Grave 25, Row 35, Block A, Meuse Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.