State Heroes

1918

Pvt. William Borgen

Hannah, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 23rd Infantry

Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 22

Killed in action on Oct. 6, 1918.

Buried in Grave 24, Section 97, Plot 1, Argonne-American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France. Remains returned to U. S. Sept. 12, 1921, and buried in Hannah Cemetery, Hannah, N. Dak.

1968

Private First Class Richard Lee Borgman

Minot, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B

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

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 101st Airborne Division

Date of Loss: March 03, 1968 / Age: 21

On March 1, 1968, 1st Battalion, 502nd Airborne Infantry, 101st Airborne Division, began combat operations in Quang Tri district near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), initiating patrols from Fire Support Base (FSB) Nora and An Lo Bridge while remaining el

1941

Corporal Edwin C. Borusky

Langdon, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Arizona

Date of Loss: December 07, 1941 / Age:

Aboard USS Arizona during attack on Pearl Harbor. Remains not recovered.

1950

Corporal Marvin Boschee

Logan County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 15th Anti-Aircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 7th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: November 28, 1950 / Age: 20

1918

Pvt. Emil J. Bosh

Pisek, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 58th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division

Date of Loss: May 23, 1918 / Age: 25

Drowned in the sinking of the Moldavia, on May 23, 1918. Missing in Action or Buried at Sea.

Tablets of the Missing at Suresnes American Cemetery, Suresnes, France.

1918

William Everett Boss

Hale, MO

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Signal Corps, Fort Leavenworth, Kans.

Date of Loss: October 03, 1918 / Age: 32

Died of pneumonia, at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., on Oct. 3, 1918.

Buried at Hale, Mo.

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

1919

Pvt.1st Class Carl Bostrom Jr.

McHenry, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery B, 1st Trench Mortar Battalion

Date of Loss: February 03, 1919 / Age: 21

Died at Mesves Hospital Center, Army Postoffice No. 798, France, on Feb. 3, 1919.

Buried, Grave 36, Row 1, Block C, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.

Pvt. Bennie Bothen

Sherwood, ND

Wounded in Action.

1918

Pvt. Andrew Oscar Bothun [sic] (possibly Bothen)

Sherwood, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 27

Killed in action on Sept. 29, 1918.

Buried, Grave 8, Row 10, 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

2nd Lieutenant William D. Botkins

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 45th Squadron

Date of Loss: July 11, 1943 / Age: 23

Killed in action in Sicily, Italy

1942

Private First Class Olard H. Boucher

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 164th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: Americal Division

Date of Loss: November 23, 1942 / Age: 23

Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1918

Pvt. Joseph William Bouret

Sheyenne, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: May 27, 1918 / Age: 25

Killed in action on May 27, 1918.

Buried in Grave 14, Row 17, Block C, Somme American Cemetery, Bony, Aisne, France.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Joe W Bouret.

1918

Pvt. Sevrin Bourk

Sykeston, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 1st Army Headquarters Regiment

Date of Loss: November 18, 1918 / Age: 22

Killed by prisoner when making an arrest as a Military Police, on Nov. 18, 1918, at La Harve, France.

Buried, Grave 10, Row 19, Block B, Somme American Cemetery, Bony, Aisne, France.

1918

Pvt. Austin Bower

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 21

Died Oct. 8, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Grave unlocated. Missing in Action or Buried at Sea. Tablets of the Missing at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne, France.

1944

Private John E. Bower

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: May 12, 1944 / Age: 20

Killed in action in Italy