State Heroes

S2c Walter S. Blank

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

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

Date of Loss: January 02, 1946 / Age: 24

Died while in MIA status.

Private First Class Robert D. Block

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: September 29, 1944 / Age: 21

Killed in action in Holland

Pvt. Albert Block

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 110th Infantry Regiment, 28th Division

Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 23

Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.

Buried, Grave 11, Row 16, Block F, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

1st Lieutenant Charles Herbert Blomberg

Dickinson, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 36th Fighter Bomber Squadron

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 8th Fighter Bomber Group

Date of Loss: July 01, 1951 / Age: 22

While on a combat mission, his aircraft received a direct hit by anti-aircraft fire, exploded in mid-air and crashed. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on December 31, 1953. 

1st Lieutenant Elmer Blomquist

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 4th Infantry Regiment

Date of Loss: May 29, 1943 / Age: 31

Killed in action in Atter Island

Private Edward W. Bloms

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: September 17, 1944 / Age: 30

Killed in action in Italy

Walter Anson Bloom

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 348th Infantry

Date of Loss: January 27, 1918 / Age: 22

Died at Camp Pike, Ark., on Jan. 27, 1918.

Buried, Bridgewater, Iowa.

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

Victor Edward Bloomgren

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Medical Department, 164th Infantry

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

Died of typhoid fever at Bazoilles sur Meuse, Vosges, France, on Dec. 19, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on May 24, 1921, and buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, (Blue Island), Chicago, Ill.

Cpl. Richard Blue Earth

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 24

Killed in action on Oct. 9, 1918, to the Meuse-Argonne Offensive.

Buried, Grave No. 97, Section No. 27, Plot No. 2, Cemetery No. 1232, Argonne-American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France. Reburied at Cannon Ball, N. Dak.

2nd Lt. Orville L. Blumhagen

World War II

Branch of Service: Air Force

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 746th Bomber Squadron, 456th Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Loss: October 16, 1944 / Age: 26

Killed in action in Italy.

Carl John Boardson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 163rd Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: April 11, 1918 / Age: 30

Died of pneumonia on April 11, 1918, at Camp Dodge, Iowa.

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

Albert A. Bodeen

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 424th Telegraph Railway Battalion, Signal Corps

Date of Loss: October 25, 1918 / Age: 21

Died at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., of broncho pneumonia, on Oct. 25, 1918.

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

Private Bernhart H. Boe

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: November 28, 1942 / Age: 21

Killed in action in Guadalcanal

Chrisitian E. Boe

Fallen, 1889, Unknown

Technician 5th Grade Theaphil Boehler

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 66th Infantry Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 12th Armored Division

Date of Loss: April 07, 1945 / Age: 25

Killed in action in Germany