State Heroes

PFC Helmer O. Rude

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: March 28, 1943 / Age: 32

Killed in action in Morocco.

Olai Rue

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 02, 1918 / Age: 24

Died on Oct. 2, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried, Grave 2, Row 27, Block F, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Corporal Lewis F. Ruffcorn

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: December 30, 1944 / Age: 29

Died in service in Topeka, Kansas

Private First Class Kermit P. Rufsvold

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 34th Infantry Regiment

Date of Loss: November 04, 1944 / Age: 23

Died in service in Leyte, Philippine Islands

Pvt.1st Class Jay Rugg

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: June 19, 1918 / Age: 23

Died, June 19, 1918,of wounds received in action.

Buried, Grave 6, Row 23, Block B, Somme American Cemetery, Bony, Aisne, France.

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

Ross S. Ruland

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 313th Engineers

Date of Loss: May 22, 1918 / Age: 26

Died at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on May 22, 1918.

Buried at Glen Ullin, N. Dak.

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

Elmer Ernest Rule

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 9th Observation Battery, Field Artillery, Central Officers Training School, Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky.

Date of Loss: October 25, 1918 / Age:

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 25, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 4, page 2782 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Pvt.1st Class Maynard Leroy Rundell

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 359th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 12, 1918 / Age: 22

Killed in action at St. Mihiel on Sept. 12, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on April 17, 1922, and buried at Lakota, N. Dak.

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

Private First Class Henry Runestad

World War II

Branch of Service: Marines

Date of Loss: February 21, 1945 / Age: 20

Died in service in Iwo Jima.

Master Sgt. Paul E. Runey

World War II

Branch of Service: Air Force

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 28th Materiel Squadron, 20th Air Base Group

Date of Loss: October 05, 1942 / Age:

Killed in action in the Philippines.

Alfred T. Runnestrand

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 356th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 15, 1918 / Age: 25

Killed in action on Sept. 15, 1918.

Buried, Grave 20, Row 26, Block B, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.

Alfred T. Running

World War I

Date of Loss: November 11, 1918 / Age:

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

Information NOT found in the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Private First Class Robert E. Rupert

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: October 25, 1944 / Age: 23

Killed in action in Leyte, Philippine Islands

Cpl. Elmer F. Rushfeldt

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 137th Machine Gun Battalion

Date of Loss: October 14, 1918 / Age: 28

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 14, 1918.

Buried at sea.

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

1st Lt. Thomas Lyle Russell

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 47th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 23

Killed in action on Oct. 4, 1918, at Bois de Brieulles.

Buried, Cemetery No. 735, Bois de Brieulles.