State Heroes

Pvt. Edgar Roy Chandler

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: May 09, 1918 / Age: 23

Killed in action on May 9, 1918.

Buried in Grave No. 6, Row 7, Block D, Somme American Cemetery, Bony, Aisne, France.

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

Lieutenant Junior Grade Kermit E. Chapman

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: February 19, 1944 / Age: 24

Died in service in Eniwetok, Marshall Islands

Sgt. Ross Reuben Chapman

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 30th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 21

Killed in action at Meuse-Argonne, on Oct. 10, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S., Sept. 7, 1921, and buried at Hanover, Ill.

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

S2c Paul O. Charboneau

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy

Date of Loss: December 15, 1945 / Age: 25

Died while in MIA status. Lost at sea when the USS Pecos was sunk in an air attack near Christmas Island.

Technical Sergeant Paul E. Charbonneau

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 786th Bomber Squadron

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 466th Bomber Group

Date of Loss: April 11, 1945 / Age: 24

B-24H #41-29423 took off from Attlebridge, England on a bombing mission over Oschersleben, Germany. They were attacked by German fighter planes which damaged the #1 engine causing them to crash in Germany during the war. 

Private First Class Kenneth Charging

Elbowoods, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 19th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 24th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: April 26, 1951 / Age:

Disappeared during battle on April 26th, 1951.  Held by Chinese Communists in the Chiangyong POW camp.

Staff Sergeant Marvin T. Charlson

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 525th Bomb Squadron

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 379th Bomber Group

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 8th Air Force

Date of Loss: August 17, 1943 / Age: 22

Was on the B-17 42-29830 "Peter Wabbit" that Failed to Return (FTR) Schweinfurt raid 17-Aug-43. Shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed Dorrebach, 6 miles W of Bingen, Germany Killed in Action (KIA). Missing Aircrew Report 1350

Sergeant 1st Class Paul Frederick Charnetzki

Valley City, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: MACV Advisors

Date of Loss: February 07, 1968 / Age: 31

Paul was killed when the Vietnamese unit he was advising was ambushed. He was shot while assisting his unit members into the evacuation helicopter.

Pvt.1st Class Joseph Charwatt

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 325th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Division

Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 28

Died on Oct. 15, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried, Grave- 4, Row 24, Block B, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

LDSQMA Edward Faunce Chase

World War I

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Dunwoody Naval Training School

Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 26

Died of pneumonia at Minneapolis, Minn., on Oct. 7, 1918.

Buried at Jamestown, N. Dak.

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

Daniel Chase

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Veterinary Corps, 40th Field Artillery

Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 24

Died of broncho pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., Oct. 13, 1918.

Buried at Elbowoods, N. Dak.

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

Captain Keith G. Chatfield

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 407th Infantry Regiment, 102nd Infantry Division

Date of Loss: November 29, 1944 / Age: 29

Killed in action when leading his company in an attack at the Roer River. While attempting to assist some of his men who had become casualties, he was fatally wounded.

Commissary Steward 2nd Class Lloyd E. Chaussee

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: September 30, 1945 / Age: 21

Died in service in Seattle, Washington

Lieutenant Commander Leonard J. Check

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Hancock

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: Fighting Squadron 7

Date of Loss: January 04, 1945 / Age: 33

Leonard Check became a World War II ACE credited with shooting down TWELVE enemy aircraft. He was lost in January 1945, after a mid-air collision with his wingman over Luzon, Philippine Islands. 

Captain Raymond J. Check

World War II

Branch of Service: Air Force

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 423rd Bomber Squadron, 306th Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Loss: June 26, 1943 / Age: 25

Killed in action in England.