State Heroes

Sgt. Jay A. Pilgrim

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 357th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: July 05, 1944 / Age: 26

Killed in action near France.

Cpl. Ray Charles Pinkham

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Medical Detachment, 164th Ambulance Company, 116th Sanitary Train

Date of Loss: June 12, 1919 / Age: 29

Died of tuberculosis, on June 12, 1919.

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

Information found in Volume 3, page 2576 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

PFC Frank Jabez Piper

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Evacuation Hospital No. 10

Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 31

Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 9, 1918.

Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. Aug. 8, 1921, and buried at Ashley, N. Dak.

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

Master Chief Petty Officer Charles Herman Piper Jr

Durbin, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: August 30, 1972 / Age: 34

In offshore, South Vietnam
Non-Hostile, died of illness/injury, sea casualty
Illness, disease

Melvin LeRoy Pippinger

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 138th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 30

Died Sept. 28, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried at Chateau Salvange, Rarecourt, France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 12, 1921, and buried in Teegard Cemetery, Knapp, Wis.

Aviation MM2c Joseph E. Piquette

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

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

Date of Loss: August 08, 1945 / Age: 33

Remains never recovered.

Joseph Pirkl

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 138th Infantry

Date of Loss: July 11, 1918 / Age: 29

Killed in action on July 11, 1918.

Buried, Grave 22, Row 26, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Private First Class Erhardt R. Pischel

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: April 01, 1943 / Age: 24

Killed in action in North Africa

Private Knut G. Pladson

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 546th Infantry Regiment

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

Date of Loss: January 08, 1945 / Age: 25

Killed in action in Belgium

Private First Class Gustav M. Platzkow

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 357th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 90th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: July 05, 1944 / Age: 22

Killed in action in France

Private First Class Emil J. Pletka

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: September 02, 1951 / Age: 20

Died in service in Ft Campbell, Kentucky

Pvt. Robert P. Ployhar

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 409th Infantry Regiment, 103th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: December 15, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near France.

Sgt. John R. Plummer

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 13, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near Italy.

Leonard Andrew Poe

World War I

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill.

Date of Loss: September 22, 1918 / Age: 19

Died in Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill., on Sept. 22, 1918.