State Heroes
1918
Bert Oscar Wood
Portal, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 19, 1918 / Age: 28
Killed in action at Soissons, France, on July 19, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. May 24, 1921, and buried, Portal, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1946
Aviation Ordnanceman 2c Wayne L. Wood
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: January 05, 1946 / Age: 23
Died while in MIA status.
1965
Lieutenant Commander Carl Julius Woods
Bottineau, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: CVA-31, USS Bon Homme Richard
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: Attack Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade: Carrier Air Wing 19
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 7th Fleet
Date of Loss: September 28, 1965 / Age: 32
North Vietnam
Hostile, Fixed Wing - Pilot
Air Loss, Crash on Land
1944
Pvt. Lawrence P. Woodside
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 17th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Armored Division
Date of Loss: August 24, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action in France.
1944
Staff Sergeant Donald E. Woodwick
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 729th AAF Bomber Squadron
Date of Loss: December 04, 1944 / Age: 20
Killed in action in Germany
1943
Corporal William M. Wooldridge
World War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 46th Squadron, 317th Troop Carrier Group
Date of Loss: April 08, 1943 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.
1945
Sergeant Clarence B. Workman
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 55th Armed Infantry Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 11th Armored Division
Date of Loss: March 11, 1945 / Age: 23
Killed in action in Germany
1944
Staff Sergeant Stanley G. Workman
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 410th Bomber Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 94th Bomber Group
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 8th Air Force
Date of Loss: April 18, 1944 / Age: 20
Ball turret gunner, 24 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Barnewitz in B-17 42-31650 'Impatient Virgin'; Shot down, crashed Bergedamm, four miles W of Nauen, Germany, 18-Apr-44
1918
Albert Wormdahl
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
Clyde Earl Wortman
Hixton, WIWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 313th Military Police
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 11, 1918.
Buried, Grave 10, Row 22, Block H, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1969
Specialist 4 Dennis Stanley Wosick
Grand Forks, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Troop E
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Cavalry
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 11th Infantry Brigade
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: Americal Division
Date of Loss: June 09, 1969 / Age: 21
Specialist Wosick was killed in action in Quang Ngai, South Vietnam in a hostile ground casualty.
1944
Technician 5th Grade Leone R. Wralstad
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: April 07, 1944 / Age: 26
Killed in action in Burma
1944
Machinist's Mate 3c Nathan E. Wright
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy
Date of Loss: January 30, 1944 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.
1943
Sergeant Robert W. Wright
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 24, 1943 / Age: 22
Died in service in Salina, Kansas
1944
Aviation Radioman Curtis L. Wright Jr.
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Yorktown
Date of Loss: July 27, 1944 / Age: 23
Killed in action in Yap Island