State Heroes

Private William A. Bullinger

Sioux County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 17th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 7th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: June 11, 1951 / Age: 22

Pvt. Ward Elon Bullis

World War I

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Service of Supply Hospital

Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 20

Died of wounds on Oct. 13, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 1, page 446 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Nelson A. Burchett

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company No. 353, 314th Sanitary Train

Date of Loss: December 26, 1917 / Age: 20

Died of pneumonia, at Fort Riley, Kans., on Dec. 26, 1917.

Buried at Collins, Mo.

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

Staff Sergeant Robert J. Burckardt

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 164th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 34th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: November 21, 1942 / Age: 21

Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

S1c Mike T. Burckhard

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve

Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action off of Leyte when a ship exploded near the cruiser he was stationed on. Buried at sea.

Pvt. Henry P. Burg

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 307th Field Signal Battalion

Date of Loss: November 15, 1918 / Age: 24

Died of accidental gunshot wounds, on Nov. 15, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on Nov. 10, 1920, and buried in St. Mary's Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.

Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

1st Lt. Gerald A. Burgess

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 163rd Infantry Regiment, 41st Infantry Division

Date of Loss: July 22, 1945 / Age:

Killed in action near the Philippines.

Ole Burget

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 31st Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Date of Loss: May 03, 1917 / Age:

Killed in action on May 3, 1917.

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

Information found in Volume 1, page 453 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Private First Class Richard Allen Buringrud

Argusville, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Battalion

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 12th Cavalry

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Cavalry Division (Air Mobile)

Date of Loss: June 09, 1969 / Age: 22

In Tay Ninh, South Vietnam
Hostile, Ground Casualty
Multiple fragmentation wounds

Lt. Cmdr. John E. Burke

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy

Date of Loss: November 15, 1942 / Age: 37

Killed in action near Guadalcanal.

1st Lt. Albert F. Burke

World War II

Branch of Service: Air Force

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 89th Bomber Squadron, 3rd Bomber Group, Light

Date of Loss: April 26, 1946 / Age: 26

Died while in MIA status. Missing aboard A-20G Havoc #43-21414 in the Coral Sea area.

Cpl. Richard Albert Burkhardt

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 164th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 28

Killed in action on Oct. 4, 1918.

Returned to U. S. and buried, Grave 3904, European Section, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.

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

Pvt.1st Class Charles William Burkhardt

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division

Date of Loss: July 19, 1918 / Age: 24

Killed in action on July 19, 1918.

Buried, Grave 37, Row 9, Block C, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.

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

S1c Anton T. Burkhartsmeier

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve

Date of Loss: July 30, 1945 / Age:

Died while in MIA status.

Private First Class Milbert E. Burkle

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: May 29, 1943 / Age: 22

Killed in action on Otter Island