State Heroes
1918
Verner J. Warner
Redwood Falls, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 125th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried, Grave 7, Row 24, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1950
Corporal Walter W. Warnke
Grand Forks County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: K Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 3rd Battalion, 38th Regimental Combat Team
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 2nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 09, 1950 / Age:
Remains have not been recovered.
1918
Edwin Gray Washburn
Winside, NEWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 1st Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: April 11, 1918 / Age: 28
Died of pneumonia on April 11, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 3395 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1945
Private First Class Richard Waslaski
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Infantry
Date of Loss: April 17, 1945 / Age: 20
Killed in action in Italy
1944
Tech. 4c Harlem A. Waslien
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 526th Ordnance Maintenance Company
Date of Loss: June 09, 1944 / Age: 28
Died while in MIA status.
1945
PFC Carl B. Wasness
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 315th Infantry Regiment, 79th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: January 19, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action near France.
1943
Pvt. Donald I. Wasson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 135th Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: March 27, 1943 / Age:
Killed in action in North Africa.
1918
Harry Howard Watkins
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 140th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 27, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on Sept. 27, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 29, 1921, and buried Grave 2580, European Section, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1944
Staff Sergeant Hunter D. Watts
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 82nd Airborne Division
Date of Loss: June 15, 1944 / Age: 22
Killed in action in France
1944
Staff Sgt. Wayne M. Wayrynen
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 4th Ranger Battalion
Date of Loss: March 03, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near Italy.
1945
Seaman 1st Class Eugene L. Weber
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: October 09, 1945 / Age: 19
Died in service in Guam
1950
Private First Class Leonard J. Weber
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: July 03, 1950 / Age: 20
Died in service in Columbia, South Carolina
1965
Sergeant Willis William Weber
Valley City, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: C Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 26th Infantry
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 11, 1965 / Age: 28
In South Vietnam
Hostile, died of wounds, ground casualty
gun, small arms fire
1918
Jacob Weber
World War I
Date of Loss: November 11, 1918 / Age:
Name 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.
1944
Pvt. Earl W. Weber
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 10th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: September 16, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near Luxembourg.