State Heroes

Karl Oscar Bjerke

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Date of Loss: June 02, 1916 / Age: 30

Killed in action at Sanctuary Wood, Ypres salient, on June 2, 1916.

Buried at Sanctuary Wood.

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

Peter J. Bjerklie

World War I

Date of Loss: November 11, 1918 / Age:

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

Information NOT found in the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

PFC Theodore O. Bjertness

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 66th Infantry Regiment, 71st Infantry Division

Date of Loss: April 15, 1945 / Age: 19

Killed in action in the Netherlands.

From American Battle Monuments Commission website

Sgt. Melvin S. Bjordahl

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 135th Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: October 13, 1943 / Age: 27

Killed in action in Italy.

Ens. Stuart C. Bjorklund

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve

Date of Loss: May 04, 1945 / Age: 29

Killed in action in Okinawa, Japan. Went MIA.

Pvt.1st Class Magnus H. Bjornson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 24

Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 5, 1918.

Buried at Mountain, N. Dak.

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

Pvt. Andrew James Black

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: November 05, 1918 / Age: 23

Killed in action on Nov. 5, 1918.

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

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

1st Lt. George E. Black

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 317th Infantry Regiment, 80th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: September 04, 1944 / Age: 24

Killed in action in France.

Specialist 4 Fabian E. Black Jr.

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Battery

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 35th Artillery Brigade

Date of Loss: February 04, 1967 / Age: 23

Died in service in Fort George Meade, Maryland. 

2nd Lt. Arthur J. Blackwood

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division

Date of Loss: September 15, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action in France.

Sergeant Russell Gregory Blair

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: July 30, 1970 / Age: 20

Died in service in Grand Forks, ND following service in Vietnam. 

Pvt.1st Class William James Blair

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 139th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division

Date of Loss: January 25, 1919 / Age: 27

Died of pneumonia at Bazoilles-Sur-Meuse, France, on Jan. 25, 1919.

Buried, Grave 29, Row 16, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Pvt. William Charles Blair

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 363rd Infantry Regiment, 91st Division

Date of Loss: September 27, 1918 / Age: 28

Killed in action on Sept. 27, 1918.

Buried in Grave 11, Row 25, Block H, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Staff Sgt. Donavon Blake

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 114th Infantry Regiment, 44th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: January 06, 1945 / Age: 23

Killed in action in France.

Simeon Hiram Blanchard

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 10th Company, 3rd Battalion, 151st Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: September 24, 1918 / Age: 23

Died of pneumonia at Camp Devens, Mass., on Sept. 24, 1918.

Buried at McClusky, N. Dak.

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