State Heroes

Sergeant Luverne C. Prescott

Walsh County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 17th Infantry Regiment

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

Date of Loss: October 18, 1952 / Age:

Joseph Alexander Preshard

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 36th Company, 9th Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 28

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 11, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 3, page 2605 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Cpl. Horace Eugene Preston

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 19th Division, Supply Train

Date of Loss: July 25, 1920 / Age: 30

Died at Grand Forks, N. Dak., on July 25, 1920.

Buried at Grand Forks, N. Dak.

Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Lieutenant Howard A. Price

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: December 21, 1946 / Age: 32

Died in service in Oakland, California

James Henry Priest

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 5th Limited Service Training Regiment

Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 30

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 7, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 3, page 2609 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

PFC Charles M. Prine

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 161st Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: January 24, 1945 / Age:

Killed in action in the Philippines.

Private Henry R. Privratsky

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: August 21, 1952 / Age: 21

Died in service in Austin, Texas

Frank Joseph Proisl

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: March 18, 1918 / Age: 22

Died on March 18, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried, Grave 1, Row 14, Block C, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.

Private First Class Mark M. Prondzinski

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Marines

Date of Loss: December 22, 1971 / Age: 17

Died in service 

Airman 1st Class Wilfred N. Pronovost

Korean War

Branch of Service: Air Force

Date of Loss: September 11, 1953 / Age: 21

Died in service in Fargo, ND.

Private Earl Pugh

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps UND Grand Forks ND

Date of Loss: October 21, 1918 / Age: 21

Died while serving as a member of the Student Army Training Corps  on the UND campus in Grand Forks during the 1918 flu pandemic. Name included on the UND S.A.T.C. website

Private Earl Pugh

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps UND Grand Forks ND

Date of Loss: October 21, 1918 / Age: 21

Died while serving as a member of the Student Army Training Corps  on the UND campus in Grand Forks during the 1918 flu pandemic. Name included on the UND S.A.T.C. website

Pvt. Elmer A. Puppe

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division

Date of Loss: October 19, 1943 / Age: 26

Service number 6858086, died of shell fragment wounds during the Naples-Foggia Campaign in the area between Naples and Rome.

Staff Sgt. Lester W. Puppe

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division

Date of Loss: August 11, 1943 / Age: 23

Service number 6930772, died of gunshot wound during the Sicily Campaign

2LT Robert Samuel Purvis

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: September 20, 1944 / Age: 25

Killed in Action 20 September 1944, France. Remains not recovered. 

Name included on page 1198 of the Register of North Dakota Veterans World War II 1941-1945.