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1918

Martin L. Sandberg

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 15th Recruit Company, Jefferson Barracks, Mo.

Date of Loss: March 20, 1918 / Age: 33

Died of pneumonia on March 20, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 4, page 2815 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

1918

Ernest Sanders

Frederick, WI

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 4th Company, Provisional Battalion, 138th Infantry

Date of Loss: May 10, 1918 / Age: 22

Died of scarlet fever, on May 10, 1918.

Buried at sea.

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

1918

Martin Sanders

Mekinock, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: July 06, 1918 / Age: 24

Killed in action, July 6, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 31, 1921, and buried in Middle Grove Cemetery, Mekinock, N. Dak.

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

1918

Charles Sanders

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Supply Company, 337th Field Artillery

Date of Loss: May 05, 1918 / Age: 28

Died of pneumonia on May 5, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 4, page 2816 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

1944

Private First Class Robert C. Sandland

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: April 23, 1944 / Age: 30

Killed in action in Italy

2006

Corporal Jeremiah S. Santos

Devils Lake, ND

Iraq (OIF/OND/OIR)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Battalion

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 8th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 4th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: June 15, 2006 / Age: 21

Died June 15, 2006 in Baghdad, Iraq of injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV during combat operations.

1952

Technical Sergeant Melvin E. Sarkilahti

Korean War, World War II

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st SHORAN Beacon Squadron

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 502nd Tactical Control Group

Date of Loss: October 16, 1952 / Age: 26

Just after midnight on October 16, 1952, a C-46 Commando (tail number 44-77538) carrying four crew members and twenty-one passengers departed Kangnung Air Base for a night courier flight to Pohang Air Base.

1952