State Heroes
1944
Corporal Ruben F. Welk
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 421st Base Unit
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 4th Air Force
Date of Loss: December 22, 1944 / Age: 19
On December 22, 1944 he was on the crew of the B-24J Liberator #44-40523 when they departed from Muroc Field in California during a routine training flight. They crashed and exploded during a snowstorm on Mount Gleason north of Glendale, California
1967
Staff Sergeant Thomas A. Welker
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: 327th Infantry Regiment (Airborne)
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 101st Airborne Division
Date of Loss: July 27, 1967 / Age: 29
Killed in action in Quang Ngai, South Vietnam through hostile fragmentation wounds.
1920
John William Well
Cavalier, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: February 06, 1920 / Age: 23
Died on Feb. 6, 1920, at Cavalier, N. Dak.
Buried, Cavalier, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Joseph Ira Francis Weller
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 1st Field Signal Battalion
Date of Loss: November 06, 1918 / Age: 25
Died on Nov. 6, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried in Grave 24, Row 38, Block G, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1966
Private Thomas Allyn Weller
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: July 09, 1966 / Age: 21
Died while in service.
1919
Lemuel Morgan Wells
Cando, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 26th Engineers
Date of Loss: February 03, 1919 / Age: 28
Died of broncho pneumonia, at Bordeaux, France, on Feb. 3, 1919.
Buried at Gironde, France. Remains returned to U. S. on Nov. 10, 1920, and buried at Cando, N. Dak.
1941
Radioman 2c Floyd Arthur Wells
Cavalier, ND
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Arizona
Date of Loss: December 07, 1941 / Age: 24
Died while in MIA status after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Remains identified in 2020. returned to North Dakota September 2020.
1967
Lieutenant Colonel Gordon James Wenaas
Mayville, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Air Force
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 314th Tactical Airlift Wing
Date of Loss: December 29, 1967 / Age: 46
On December 29, 1967, he was a crew member of a Lockheed Hercules Transport Aircraft (C-130E) on a mission in the extreme northwest corner of North Vietnam over Lai Chau Province, when contact was lost.
1968
Specialist 4 Charles Donald Wendt
Dickinson, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 4th Medical Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 4th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 05, 1968 / Age: 21
He died in Pleiku, Vietnam June 5 after being injured in a military convoy there May 29 when a truck overturned.
1943
Pvt. Herman A. Wendt
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: August 10, 1943 / Age:
Killed in action near Italy.
1944
PFC Krist Wentz
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 31st Tank Battalion, 7th Armored Division
Date of Loss: October 30, 1944 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Belgium.
2004
Specialist Cody L. Wentz
Williston, ND
Iraq (OIF/OND/OIR)
Branch of Service: National Guard
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 141st Engineer Battalion
Date of Loss: November 04, 2004 / Age: 21
Killed Nov. 4 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his military vehicle while he was on patrol in Iraq.
1944
Private John J. Wentz
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: September 22, 1944 / Age: 24
Killed in action in Metz, France
1918
Edward William Werle
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 14th Ammunition Train
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 31
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 9, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 3429 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1971
Captain Edward Alec Werman
Hensel, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: Advisory Team 87
Regiment / Group / Brigade: Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV) Advisors
Date of Loss: June 01, 1971 / Age: 33
Military Region 3 in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam
Non-hostile, Helicopter-Non crew
Air Loss, Crash on Land