State Heroes

1951

2nd Lieutenant Leo F. Braunagel

Korean War

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 97th Bomber Group

Date of Loss: February 03, 1951 / Age:

Killed in Action Bassingbourn England. USAF.

Buried in plot 55 Grave 1 Section B St. Cecilia Cemetery Harvey ND

Name is not on Korean War Memorial in DC

1918

Pvt. Carl F. Bredehoft

Pilger, NE

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: July 20, 1918 / Age: 22

Killed in action, July 20, 1918.

Grave unlocated. Missing in Action or Buried at Sea. Tablets of the Missing at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, France

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

1918

Pvt. Bernard S. Bredell

Hunter, ND

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division

Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age:

1917

Scott Theodore Bredell

Fargo, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: December 22, 1917 / Age: 19

Died at Hoboken, N. J., on Dec. 22, 1917.

Buried in Riverside Cemetery, Fargo, N. Dak.

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

1918

PFC Bernhard Severin Bredell

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 27

Killed in action on Oct. 4, 1918.

Buried, Grave 17, Row 42, Block F, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

1918

Reinhold Breitling

Wishek, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 128th Infantry

Date of Loss: November 10, 1918 / Age: 33

Killed in action on Nov. 10, 1918.

Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 17, 1921, and buried at Wishek, N. Dak.

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

1943

Pvt. Gottlieb Breitmeyer

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 175th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: September 30, 1943 / Age:

Killed in action in England.

1918

Christian Angel Brekke

Simcoe, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery E, 335th Field Artillery

Date of Loss: February 03, 1918 / Age: 26

Died of pneumonia, at Camp Pike, Ark., on Feb. 3, 1918.

Buried at Simcoe, N. Dak.

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

1918

Pvt. George David Bremner

Phillsburg [sic] (possibly Phillipsburg), ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 308th Infantry

Date of Loss: November 11, 1918 / Age:

Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Information found in Volume 1, page 389 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

1923

Pvt. Edwin Brendal

Starbuck, MN

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: September 09, 1923 / Age: 30

Died, Sept. 9, 1923, of pneumonia, at Dalton, Nebr.

Buried at Starbuck, Minn.

Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

1918

Pvt. Thorvald Brenden

Kerkhoven, MN

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: May 10, 1918 / Age: 23

Killed in action on May 10, 1918.

Buried, Kerkhoven, Minn.

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

1918

Pvt. Christof C. Brending

Devils Lake, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 361st Infantry

Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 27

Killed in action at Argonne, France, on Oct. 6, 1918.

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

1918

Pvt. William Brennan

Grand Forks, ND

World War I

Date of Loss: November 11, 1918 / Age:

Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Information NOT found in the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

1945

R3C Rodney Loyd Brennan

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Ommaney Bay

Date of Loss: January 04, 1945 / Age:

Killed in Action by Japanese Suicide Plan while aboard the USS Ommaney Bay in Asiatic Theatre. (Source: Service Record WWI and WWII Garrison Community ND)

1967

Private First Class Wesley Craig Brenno

Larson, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C

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

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 1st Marines Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Marine Division

Date of Loss: March 28, 1967 / Age: 22

The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Private First Class Wesley Craig Brenno (MCSN: 2310818), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity while serving with