State Heroes

1945

Tech. 4c Fabien T. Cote

Cecil Township, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 658th Amphibious Tractor Battalion

Date of Loss: March 12, 1945 / Age: 34

Died while in MIA status.

Pvt. Howard L. Cotten

Cleveland, ND

1918

Howard Leland Cotton

Kasson, MN

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery F, 339th Field Artillery

Date of Loss: November 02, 1918 / Age: 29

Died of broncho pneumonia, on Nov. 2, 1918.

Buried in Grave 194, Row 2, Plot 13, Clermont-Ferrand, France. Remains returned to U. S. on Dec. 16, 1921, and consigned to Fred D. Cotton, Mantorville, Minn. (Place of burial not given).

1942

Private Willard J. Coulter

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 164th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: Americal Division

Date of Loss: November 25, 1942 / Age: 22

Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1969

Specialist 4 Gerald Frank Coulthart

Hamilton, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery B

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 30th Artillery Regiment

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

Date of Loss: April 28, 1969 / Age: 21

Killed in action in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam in hostile action through multiple fragmentation wounds.

1943

Pilot Officer James B. Courtney

World War II

Date of Loss: March 05, 1943 / Age: 23

On March 5, 1943, his Short Stirling I (#R9271) aircraft, with an aircrew of seven, took off from RAF Ridgewell for a night air operation over Essen, Germany.

1918

Pvt. Earl Cowan

Binford, ND

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.

1919

1st Lt. William LaFayette Cowper

Grand Forks, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Medical Corps

Date of Loss: March 09, 1919 / Age: 41

Died at Camp Hospital No. 40, Anur Rest Camp, Liverpool, England, on March 9, 1919.

Buried in Cemetery No. 288, Liverpool, England. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 23, 1920, and buried at Grand Forks, N. Dak., on Sept. 7, 1920.

1969

Staff Sergeant Leon David Cox

Jamestown, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 8th Battalion

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 6th Artillery Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Infantry Division

Date of Loss: May 17, 1969 / Age: 35

Killed in action in Binh Duong, South Vietnam in hostile action by an explosive device. 

1918

Ole Victor Cox

Sawyer, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 1st Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: April 10, 1918 / Age: 25

Died of pneumonia at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on April 10, 1918.

Buried at Sawyer, N. Dak.

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

1942

Tech. 4c Robert I. Cox

Avon Township, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 194th Tank Battalion

Date of Loss: May 01, 1942 / Age: 24

Killed in action in the Bataan Death March.

1918

Pvt. Ludwig Coy

Wild Rose, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 38th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Division

Date of Loss: July 16, 1918 / Age: 23

Killed in action on July 16, 1918.

Buried, Grave 22, Row 20, Block A, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.