State Heroes

Sgt. George A. Potel

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: September 16, 1918 / Age: 20

Died, Sept. 16, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried, Grave 6, Row 3, Block C, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.

Cpl. Bert J. Potratz

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: July 18, 1918 / Age: 20

Killed in action on July 18, 1918.

Place of burial unknown. Some place in France.

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

Sergeant Gordon R. Potter

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: June 22, 1943 / Age: 23

Killed in action in Oujda, French Morocco.

Captain William Tod Potter

Grand Forks, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 14 Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 432nd Tactical Reconnaissance Wing

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 7th Air Force

Date of Loss: February 05, 1968 / Age: 32

Hostile, Khammouan Province, Laos, died while missing, FIXED WING - CREW
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND

Ensign Thomas Potter

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: February 09, 1943 / Age: 25

Died in service in New York, New York.

Gunner's Mate 3c Harold Clark Potter

World War I

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Naval Hospital, Annapolis, Md.

Date of Loss: October 19, 1918 / Age: 24

Died at Naval Hospital, Annapolis, Md., on Oct. 19, 1918.

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

1st Lieutenant Lance A. Pousette

Cooperstown ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 367th Fighter Squadron

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 358th Fighter Group

Date of Loss: January 07, 1944 / Age: 23

Killed in action in Maubeuge, France

Major George N. Powell

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: June 14, 1943 / Age: 51

Died in service in Queensland, Australia

2nd Lieutenant John W. Powell

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: November 11, 1943 / Age: 21

Died in service in Romulus, Michigan

Staff Sergeant Leonard A. Powell

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 359th Infantry Regiment

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

Date of Loss: July 06, 1944 / Age: 27

Killed in action in Normandy, France

Private First Class Ray M. Powell Jr.

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: October 14, 1945 / Age: 21

Died in service in Jet, Oklahoma.

Pvt.1st Class Gordon Harold Powers

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Ordnance Repair Shops, Motor Transport Corps

Date of Loss: March 14, 1919 / Age: 23

Died of influenza on March 14, 1919.

Buried, Grave 28, Row 19, Block A, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.

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

Private First Class Eugene J. Praska

Dickey County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 32d Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 7th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: March 11, 1951 / Age:

Joseph Prchal

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 40th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 23

Died of bronchial pneumonia on Oct. 7, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 3, page 2603 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

William W Prelvitz

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 30

Died of pneumonia at Base Hospital No. 1, Hericourt Haute, France, on Sept. 29, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. June 6, 1921, and buried in St. John's Cemetery, Hector, Minn.