State Heroes

Pvt.1st Class Philip M. Paulson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: July 23, 1918 / Age: 20

Died on July 23, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 29, 1921, and buried at Kenyon, Minn.

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

Private First Class Lyle M. Paulson

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 101st Airborne Division

Date of Loss: September 21, 1944 / Age: 23

Died in service in Holland

Private Van W. Paulson

Korean War

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 164th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 47th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: June 21, 1951 / Age: 21

Died in service in Williston, ND

Master Sergeant Merlyn Leroy Paulson

Fargo, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Air Force

Date of Loss: March 29, 1972 / Age: 38

Laos, Quang Nam province

Hostile, died while missing, Fixed Wing - Crew
Air Loss, Crash on Land

Cpl. Clifford Arndt Paulson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Detachment Headquarters, Heavy Artillery Battalion

Date of Loss: November 10, 1918 / Age: 23

Died of peritonitis on Nov. 10, 1918, at Angers, Maine et Loire, France.

Remains returned to U. S. on Jan. 25, 1922, and buried at Mandan, N. Dak.

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

Staff Sergeant Raymond J. Paulus

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 702nd Bomb Squadron

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 445th Bomb Group

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 8th Air Force

Date of Loss: September 27, 1944 / Age: 19

Killed in action in Germany

Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Clifford Paur

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: January 20, 1943 / Age: 24

Died in service in the US Naval hospital in Hawaii

Corporal Archie R. Payne

World War II

Branch of Service: Air Force

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 322nd Fighter Control Squadron

Date of Loss: November 27, 1943 / Age:

Died while in MIA status.

Technician 5th Grade Donald S. Peacock

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: February 07, 1945 / Age: 38

Killed in action in Luzon, Philippine Islands

Sgt. Jean Haywood Pearl

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters, 4th Sanitary Train

Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 32

Died on Oct. 1, 1918, of wounds received in action.

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

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

PFC Wallace A. Pearson

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 180th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: July 20, 1943 / Age:

Killed in action near Italy.

Technician 5th Grade William L. Peart

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: November 15, 1945 / Age: 28

Died in service in Japan POW camp.

Pvt. Paul Pecher

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 164th Infantry

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

Killed in action on July 18, 1918.

Buried, Tournan Cemetery, Tournan, Seine-et-Marne, France.

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

Adolph R. Pechlat

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery B 41st Field Artillery

Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 25

Died of Broncho pneumonia at Camp Custer Michigan on October 11, 1918. Buried at St. Joseph's Cemetery, Brushvale, Minnesota.

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

Sgt. Ronald B. Peck

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 302nd Infantry Regiment, 94th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: January 20, 1945 / Age:

Killed in action near Luxembourg.