State Heroes
1946
Staff Sergeant Kristjan T. Vivatson
Garder, ND
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 31st Bomber Squadron
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 5th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Loss: January 15, 1946 / Age: 24
Died while in MIA status near Papua New Guinea.
1945
Staff Sgt. Ralph G. Vix
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 11th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 17, 1945 / Age: 28
Killed in action near Luxembourg.
1944
Ens. Frank A. Vogel
Bismarck, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: June 19, 1944 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.
1918
Louis John Volesky
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 19th Company, 2nd Group, Motor Truck Detachment, Camp Hancock, Ga.
Date of Loss: October 28, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of influenza on Oct. 28, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 3351 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1944
Coxswain Wendelin J. Volk
Strasburg, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.
1953
Seaman Apprentice Gilbert B. Volk
Korean War
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: January 28, 1953 / Age: 19
Died in service in Oakland, California
1945
Sergeant George Volk
Orrin, ND
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 382nd Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 96th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 04, 1945 / Age: 23
Killed-in-action during the Battle of Okinawa
1969
Lance Corporal Richard Anthony Volk
Minot, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery E
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 12th Marine Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 3rd Marine Division
Date of Loss: March 19, 1969 / Age: 19
Killed in action in Quang Tri, South Vietnam through non-hostile accidental homicide.
1969
Specialist 5 Donald Gene Vollmer
Bismarck, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 190th Aviation Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 145th Aviation Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 1st Aviation Brigade
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 12th Aviation Group
Date of Loss: November 02, 1969 / Age: 19
SP5 Don Vollmer was the crew chief of UH-1D (#64-13573) that received hostile fire while on a reconnaissance mission out of a 5th Special Forces compound.
1944
Pvt. Donald B. Vollrath
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 6657th Signal Company
Date of Loss: March 24, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action in North Africa.
1918
Norman Andreas Vorland
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 338th Machine Gun Battalion
Date of Loss: December 02, 1918 / Age: 28
Died of pneumonia, at Toul, France, on Dec. 2, 1918.
Buried, Bommel, Norway.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1942
Private Mardel D. Vornholt
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 20, 1942 / Age: 22
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
1918
Gordon Norton Vorous
Mott, ND
WWI Student Army Training Corps
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps
Date of Loss: October 22, 1918 / Age: 20
Died of influenza on Oct. 22, 1918, at Jamestown, N. Dak.
Buried, Mott, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Hettinger and Stutsman counties.
1918
Martin Vos
Muskegon, MIWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 23rd Infantry
Date of Loss: November 03, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Nov. 3, 1918.
Buried, Grave 17, Row 16, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1944
Private Reuben Wacker
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 119th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 30th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 24, 1944 / Age: 30
Killed in action near France.