State Heroes

George Chell

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery E, 338th Field Artillery

Date of Loss: February 19, 1918 / Age: 29

Died of pneumonia on Feb. 19, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 1, page 537 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Private First Class Otto P. Cherny

Dickinson, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 322nd Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 81st Infantry Division

Date of Loss: October 03, 1944 / Age: 19

Killed in action while accompanying a night patrol in Angaur. They succeeded in placing several demolition charges in enemy territory before being discovered by the enemy. During the fight that followed, he was killed by enemy fire.

Pvt.1st Class Earl LeRoy Cherry

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 305th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 03, 1918 / Age: 24

Killed in action on Oct. 3, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 1, page 537 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Seaman 3rd Class George E. Chetney

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: September 12, 1942 / Age: 22

Died in service in Key West, Florida

Private Orville M. Chilson

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 3rd Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 4th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: November 20, 1944 / Age: 28

Killed in action in Germany

Specialist 5 Deane Errol Chisholm

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: December 29, 1968 / Age: 21

On the night of Dec 28, 1968, after a card game, Deane and three other friends, Snowden, Ambroziak and Morris decided to visit a bar in Padova, Italy. On the way back their vehicle struck a tree and all were killed. 

Cook Rudolph Chloupek

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 359th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 30, 1918 / Age: 29

Died on Oct. 30, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried in American Cemetery, Senoncourt, Meuse, France; reburied at Mahnomen, Minn.

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

Private First Class Stanley M. Chrislock

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: February 07, 1945 / Age: 26

Killed in action in Luzon Island

Staff Sgt. Willard M. Christensen

World War II

Branch of Service: Air Force

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 331st Bomber Squadron, 94th Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Loss: January 01, 1944 / Age: 25

Died while in MIA status. He was a tail gunner on the Donna Mae II.

Staff Sgt. George E. Christensen

World War II

Branch of Service: Air Force

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 506th Bomber Squadron, 44th Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Loss: May 14, 1943 / Age: 19

Killed in action near Belgium

Cpl. George Thomas Christensen

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Motor Truck Company No. 471, 418th Motor Supply Train

Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 21

Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 9, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. May 31, 1921, and buried at Flaxton, N. Dak.

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

Pvt. Edwin Jacob Christensen

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 313th Ammunition Train

Date of Loss: October 16, 1918 / Age: 22

Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 16, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. Oct. 31, 1921, and buried in Grave 3809, European Section, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.

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

Private First Class Carroll G. Christenson

World War II

Branch of Service: Marines

Date of Loss: March 08, 1945 / Age: 19

Killed in Action in Iwo Jima

2nd Lieutenant Marius W. Christenson

World War II

Branch of Service: Marines

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 6th Marine Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 2nd Marine Division

Date of Loss: November 21, 1943 / Age: 33

Killed in action on Yetis Island, Tararwa, Kiribati

Nurse Mabel C. Christenson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: October 22, 1918 / Age: 26

Died on Oct. 22, 1918, of pneumonia.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Grand Forks and Ward counties.