State Heroes
2004
Sergeant Keith L. Smette
Fargo, ND
Iraq (OIF/OND/OIR)
Branch of Service: National Guard
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 957th Engineer Company
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 130th Engineer Brigade
Date of Loss: January 24, 2004 / Age: 25
Died Jan. 24 when his convoy was attacked by an improvised explosive device north of Fallujah, Iraq.
1950
Corporal Robert J. Smith
Cass County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 5th Cavalry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Cavalry Division
Date of Loss: September 15, 1950 / Age:
1945
Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Clifford E. Smith
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: May 13, 1945 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Okinawa
1945
Staff Sergeant Donald A. Smith
World War II
Branch of Service: Marines
Date of Loss: February 01, 1945 / Age: 19
Died in service in Leyte, Philippine Islands
1945
2nd Lieutenant George D. Smith
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 496th AAF Bomber Squadron
Date of Loss: March 24, 1945 / Age: 20
Killed in action in Germany
1945
Private First Class Lyle R. Smith
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: June 23, 1945 / Age: 18
Died in service in Germany
1945
Sergeant Orval A. Smith
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: B-24H Liberator #42-52215
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 450th AAF Bomber Group
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 15th Air Force
Date of Loss: May 25, 1945 / Age: 25
Killed in action when his plane was shot down and crashed, seven kilometers north-east of Veitsch, Austria.
1918
Cpl. James Smith
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 21, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on July 21, 1918.
Buried, Grave 38, Row 15, Block D, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1944
Private Robert Smith
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: March 26, 1944 / Age: 25
Killed in action in Bougaunville.
1945
Aviation Cadet Robert A. Smith
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: May 30, 1945 / Age: 20
Died in service in Chandler, Arizona
1918
2nd Lt. Lester Mills Smith
Grand Forks, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery C, 107th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 02, 1918 / Age: 26
Killed in action on Oct. 2, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. Sept. 6, 1921, and buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Grand Forks, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1944
Staff Sergeant Robert D. Smith
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 19th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 24th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: October 27, 1944 / Age: 25
Killed in action in Leyte, Philippine Islands
1945
Corporal Wallace R. Smith
World War II
Branch of Service: Marines
Date of Loss: February 27, 1945 / Age: 21
Killed in action in the Pacific Area
1954
Corporal William E. Smith
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: April 28, 1954 / Age: 20
Killed in action in Korea
1918
Lieutenant Colonel Frederick E. Smith
Rockford, IL
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 308th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 45
When communication from the forward regimental post of command to the battalion leading the advance had been interrupted temporarily, by the infiltration of small parties of the enemy armed with machine guns, Lieutenant-Colonel Smith personally led a p