State Heroes

1967

Corporal Norman Paul Williams

Maddock, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Troop A

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

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 9th Cavalry Regiment

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

Date of Loss: December 06, 1967 / Age: 20

Killed in action in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam through hostile small arms fire. 

1945

Captain Kenneth A. Williams

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 164th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: Americal Division

Date of Loss: February 22, 1945 / Age: 31

Killed in action in the Leyte, Philippine Islands

1945

Staff Sergeant Gene S. Williams

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: May 17, 1945 / Age: 29

Killed in action in Okinawa

1918

Forrest Eugene Williams

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 34th Company, 161st Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: October 02, 1918 / Age: 23

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 2, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 4, page 3477 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

1918

John Wesley Williams

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 307th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 16, 1918 / Age: 27

Killed in action on Oct. 16, 1918.

Buried, Grave 26, Row 15, 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

Seaman 2c John R. Williams, Jr.

Mandan, ND

World 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 - buried at sea.

1942

Seaman Apprentice Lawrence Williamson

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: August 10, 1942 / Age: 21

Killed in action when aboard the USS Vincennes during the Battle of Savo Island.

1944

PFC James J. Willman

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 194th Ordnance Battalion

Date of Loss: April 23, 1944 / Age:

Died while in MIA status.

1943

Private First Class Leonard A. Willnow

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 50th Engineer Combat Battalion

Date of Loss: May 29, 1943 / Age: 30

Died in service in Attu Island, Alaska

1918

Willie Willprecht

Lidgerwood, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 34th Company 161st Depot

Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 25

Died of Pneumonia on October 7, 1918 at Camp Grant Illinois.

Buried Lidgerwood, Richland County, North Dakota.

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

1944

Corporal Lewis D. Wilson

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 157th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: February 15, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near Italy.

1944

PFC Lennie Wilson

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 359th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: September 17, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near France.

1942

Private First Class Erwin P. Wilson

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 126th Infantry Regiment

Date of Loss: November 17, 1942 / Age: 20

Killed in action in New Guinea

1943

Sergeant Robert F. Wilson

World War II

Branch of Service: Marines

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 6th Marine Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 2nd Marine Division

Date of Loss: January 23, 1943 / Age: 21

Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands.

1918

John Henry Wilson

Kenmare, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Coast Artillery Corps, 5th Recruit Company

Date of Loss: March 29, 1918 / Age: 23

Died of pneumonia at Fort Logan, Colo., on March 29, 1918.

Buried, Kenmare, N. Dak.