State Heroes
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.
1918
Private Nels T. Wold
Minnewauken, ND
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 138th Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 22
He rendered most gallant service in aiding the advance of his company, which had been held up by machine-gun nests, advancing, with one other soldier, and silencing the guns; bringing with him, upon his return, 11 prisoners.
1918
Gilbert Wold
Towner, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery B, 338th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: February 06, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on Feb. 6, 1918.
Buried at Towner, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1945
Sgt. Ray E. Wold
World War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 327th Bomber Squadron, 92nd Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Loss: March 03, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action near Belgium.
1944
PFC Clifford H. Wold
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 358th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 15, 1944 / Age: 30
Killed in action in France.
1944
2nd Lieutenant Kenneth L. Wolf
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 21, 1944 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Germany
1944
Seaman 2c Joseph A. Wolf
Hague, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: January 31, 1944 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.
1967
Lance Corporal Michael Ferdinand Wolf
Beulah, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 5th Marine Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Marine Division
Date of Loss: September 10, 1967 / Age: 21
While participating on Operation SWIFT in the Thang Binh District of Quang Tin Province a platoon combat patrol from Company H came under heavy enemy fire in the vicinity of the hamlet of Chau Xuan (5).
1944
Staff Sgt. Bernard J. Wolfe
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 137th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 08, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near France.
1917
William H Wolfe
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard
Date of Loss: September 11, 1917 / Age: 24
Died of rupture of abscess in lungs, on Sept. 11, 1917.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1944
Private Harold W. Wolff
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: May 04, 1944 / Age: 20
Died in service in Indianapolis, Indiana
1945
Pvt. Elmer E. Wolford
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 589th Field Artillery Bn, 106th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 12, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action near France.
1944
Gunner's Mate 2c Fritz A. Wollerman
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy
Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age: 23
Died while in MIA status - buried at sea.
1967
Private First Class Paul Harvey Wolos
Fargo, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 3rd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 5th Marine Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Marine Division
Date of Loss: April 28, 1967 / Age: 19
An explosion ripped during the night of April 28; it was Paul Wolos. He had stepped on an M16A2 Bouncing Betty and was gravely wounded.
1945
Staff Sgt. Jasper N. Wonser
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 127th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 26, 1945 / Age: 24
Killed in action in the Philippines.