State Heroes
1966
Specialist 5 John Vilnis Raaum
La Moure, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Engineer Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 09, 1966 / Age: 27
Died in service in Quang Tri, South Vietnam through non-hostile action that was reported as accidental self-inflicted injury.
1945
Corporal Henry H. Raaum
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 417th Infantry Regiment, 76th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: March 22, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action near Luxembourg.
1918
John Rabbithead
Elbowoods, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company P, 163rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: May 05, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of heart block, on May 5, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2627 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Gerhard E Radloff
Hankinson, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 313th Engineers
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneunomia, at Herricourt, France, on Oct. 6, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. May 31, 1921, and buried in German Emmanuel Church Cemetery, Hankinson, N. Dak.
Private William Radloff
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 137th Infantry
Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2630 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Pvt. Herbert A. Rahn
Cavalier, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 18
Died of pneumonia at Grand Forks, N. Dak., on Oct. 11, 1918.
Buried at Cavalier, N. Dak., on Oct. 12, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1953
Private First Class Edwin Rakes
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: May 02, 1953 / Age: 22
Died in service in Hot Springs, Montana
1944
2nd Lt. Bryce A. Ralston
World War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 395th Fighter Squadron, 368th Fighter Group
Date of Loss: December 23, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action in Germany. Shot down by fighter near Kruft.
1918
John Findlay Ramage
Langdon, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 465th Motor Truck Company, 417th Motor Truck Service
Date of Loss: September 22, 1918 / Age: 20
Died of pneumonia, near Neufchateau, France, on Sept. 22, 1918.
Buried in American Military Cemetery Neufchateau, France. Remains returned to U. S. on May 31, 1921, and buried in Lebanon Cemetery, Langdon, N. Dak.
1918
Henry Ramberg
Kinloss, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 306th Infantry
Date of Loss: November 18, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of bronchitis, Nov. 18, 1918.
Buried, Grave 40, Row 22, Block A, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1943
Corporal Donald F. Ramhorst
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 776th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Date of Loss: November 08, 1943 / Age: 22
Died in service in Italy
1942
COX Marvin Lee Ramsden
Pleasant Lake, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Lexington
Date of Loss: May 08, 1942 / Age: 23
He was killed in action on 8 May 1942 during the Battle of the Coral Sea during World War II. He was credited with downing 26 Japanese aircraft that day before he was killed.
1918
Private John William Ramsey
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
1918
John W. Ramsey
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 21, 1918 / Age:
Place of Death: Army Training Corps
1918
Private John William Ramsey
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