State Heroes
1918
Private Hiram Ornn Wiper
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps UND Grand Forks ND
Date of Loss: October 25, 1918 / Age: 19
Died while serving as a member of the Student Army Training Corps  on the UND campus in Grand Forks during the 1918 flu pandemic. Name included on the UND S.A.T.C. website
1918
Pvt.1st Class Lauren Paul Wirkus
Minto, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 5th Field Battalion, Signal Corps
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried, Grave 26, Row 4, Block H, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1952
Private First Class John Ewain Jr. Wirtz
Minot, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 7th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: October 08, 1952 / Age: 22
He died of other causes near Kumhwa, North Korea.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Melvin Wisness
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 2nd Field Battalion, Signal Corps
Date of Loss: December 07, 1918 / Age: 31
Died on Dec. 7, 1918, of pneumonia.
Buried, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Thomas Witchic
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 139th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918.
Buried, Grave 8, Row 6, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1919
Pvt. Edwin Herman Witcik
Fargo, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: January 17, 1919 / Age: 25
Died of broncho pneumonia, Jan. 17, 1919.
Buried in Grave 468, Cemetery 6, Bazailles sur Meuse, France. Remains returned to U. S. May 31, 1921, and buried in Springvale Cemetery, three miles north of Fargo, N. Dak.
1944
2nd Lieutenant Dale W. Witson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 324th Bomber Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 91st Bomber Group
Date of Loss: August 16, 1944 / Age: 21
Killed in action when his plane was shot down over Deiderode, Germany.
1945
1st Lieutenant Paul W. Wittenberger
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: March 09, 1945 / Age: 26
Died in service in the Philippine Islands
1918
Pvt.1st Class Edwin Wittmayer
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 19
Killed in action on Oct. 11, 1918.
Buried, Grave 39, Row 41, Block B, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1945
Staff Sergeant Herbert J. Woehl
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: May 09, 1945 / Age: 27
Killed in action in the Negros Islands, Philippine Islands
1941
Seaman 1st Class Oswald C. Wohl
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Helena
Date of Loss: December 13, 1941 / Age: 19
Died in service on December 13, 1941, due to injuries he sustained from the Pearl Harbor attack.
1945
PFC Leonard Wohl
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 423rd Field Artillery Battalion, 10th Armored Division
Date of Loss: March 05, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action near Luxembourg.
1942
Private John A. Wojciak
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: June 09, 1942 / Age: 24
Died in service at Camp Wallace, Texas
1918
Alfred R. Wolcott
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.
1918
Martin Adolph Wold
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 137th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 28
Killed in action, Sept. 26, 1918, Meuse-Argonne Offensive.
Buried, Grave 2, Row 9, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.