State Heroes
1944
Major Gordon A. Utke
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 31st Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: December 15, 1944 / Age: 29
Died while in MIA status.
1918
Sgt. Theodore Joseph Valerius
Larimore, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 5th Field Battalion, Signal Corps
Date of Loss: January 04, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of pneumonia at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, on Jan. 4, 1918.
Buried at Larimore, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1968
Specialist 4 George Ernest Valker III
Minot, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A
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: August 10, 1968 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Thua Thien, South Vietnam through hostile explosive device.
1918
Delbert Benjamin Van Allen
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 362nd Infantry
Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on Sept. 29, 1918.
Buried, Grave 32, Row 23, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1942
Cpl. Willard Fred Van Alst
Williston, NDBranch of Service: Marines
Date of Loss: April 09, 1942 / Age:
Was captured by the Japanese at Fort Mills, Philippine Islands and was held as a Prisoner of War until his death while still in captivity.
1942
Corporal Willard F. Van Alst
Williston, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Marine Corps
Date of Loss: November 10, 1942 / Age:
Died in a POW camp.
1945
PFC William J. Van De Hoven
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 127th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 30, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1970
Specialist 4 Blythe Noel Van DeVenter
Grand Forks, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 5th Public Information Detachment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Field Force
Date of Loss: April 01, 1970 / Age: 23
Died in service in Khanh Hoa, South Vietnam through non-hostile action.
1918
Ralph Noyes Van Fleet
Minot, NDWWI Student Army Training Corps
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Students Army Training Corps
Date of Loss: November 17, 1918 / Age: 21
Died of pneumonia on Nov. 17, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 3325 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1942
Private Harold R. Van Hoof
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 161st Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 25th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: September 27, 1942 / Age: 28
Killed in action in Hawaii
1945
Staff Sgt. Gilbert F. Van Keuren
Jamestown, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 813th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Date of Loss: April 10, 1945 / Age: 28
Killed in action in the Netherlands.
1918
Pvt. John Van Lishout
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company No. 33, 9th Battalion, 153rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 02, 1918 / Age: 29
Died on Oct. 2, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 3327 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1952
Private First Class Marvin G. Van Ningen
Bowman County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 31st Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 7th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: October 14, 1952 / Age:
1942
1st Lt. Clarence Edward Van Ray
Valley City, NDBranch of Service: Marines
Date of Loss: May 06, 1942 / Age:
Was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Corregidor, Philippine Islands, on 6 May 1942, and was held as a Prisoner of War until his death while still in captivity.
1945
1st Lt. Clarence E. Van Ray
World War II
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Marine Corps
Date of Loss: January 28, 1945 / Age:
Died in a POW camp.