State Heroes
1917
Herman Thoen
Cooperstown
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 352nd Infantry
Date of Loss: October 22, 1917 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 22, 1917.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 3208 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1951
Private Leonard Thomas
Benson County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 14th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 25th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: September 21, 1951 / Age:
1969
Warrant Officer 1st Class Roy Stephen Thomas
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 25th Aviation Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 25th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: May 10, 1969 / Age: 22
Roy was killed when his helicopter crashed in Vietnam.
1952
Private Merle George Thomas
Sutton, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 7th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 17, 1952 / Age: 24
He was killed when his bunker collapsed on him near Murak-Tong, North Korea
1945
Sgt. John A. Thomas
World War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 419th Bomber Squadron, 301st Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Loss: February 13, 1945 / Age: 20
Killed in action near Belgium.
1944
Pvt. Frank Thomas
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 23, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near Luxembourg.
1944
Private First Class Harry Thomas
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: July 11, 1944 / Age: 29
Killed in action in France
1945
Technical Sergeant William L. Thomas
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 128th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 32nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: March 06, 1945 / Age: 27
Died in service in Luzon, Philippine Islands.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Walter John Thome
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 19, 1918 / Age: 19
Killed in action, near Soissons, July 19, 1918.
Buried, Grave 9, Row 36, Block B, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Botolf Thompson
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 139th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 30
Killed in action on Sept. 29, 1918.
Buried in Grave 31, Row 40, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1944
2nd Lieutenant Kenneth R. Thompson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: December 28, 1944 / Age: 26
Killed in action in the South Pacific Area.
1954
Technical Sergeant Loren E. Thompson
Korean War
Branch of Service: Air Force
Date of Loss: June 27, 1954 / Age: 20
Died in service on the March Air Force Base in California.
1942
2nd Lieutenant Maurice E. Thompson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: March 19, 1942 / Age: 25
Died in service in Heflin, Alabama
1945
2nd Lieutenant Nickolie J. Thompson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: August 03, 1945 / Age: 25
Died in a plane crash in Arcdome Mount, Nevada.
1945
Captain Philip E. Thompson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: June 14, 1945 / Age: 32
Died in service in Europe