State Heroes
1899
Corporal Isador Driscoll
Branch of Service: National Guard
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C - Grafton
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 1st North Dakota Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: April 12, 1899 / Age:
Killed in action at Paete
1945
RM3c Orville C. Drosdal
Van Hook, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: March 19, 1945 / Age: 21
Died while in MIA status. Served as a radio operator aboard the aircraft carrier USS Franklin when a kamikaze hit his general quarters station.
1945
Corporal Michael A. Drury
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: January 05, 1945 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Belgium
1918
1st Lt. Ralph Dryden
Grafton, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 2nd Aviation Instruction Center, Air Service
Date of Loss: December 13, 1918 / Age: 22
Accidentally killed in aeroplane accident, at Tours, France, on Dec. 13, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 29, 1920, and buried at Grafton, N. Dak.
1918
Wagoner Arthur William Dryden
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: November 08, 1918 / Age: 21
Died of pneumonia and influenza, Nov. 8, 1918.
Buried, Grave 25, Row 30, Block B, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1945
Pvt. Donat J. Du Bord
Pleasant Township, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 328th Infantry Regiment, 26th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: March 27, 1945 / Age: 22
Killed in action near France.
1945
PFC Camille I. Du Puis
Rugby, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Service Command, Eighth Air Force
Date of Loss: May 10, 1945 / Age: 23
Killed in action in England.
1945
PFC Wilford J. Due
Cecil Township, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 129th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 11, 1945 / Age: 29
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1950
Sergeant Donald Leroy Duff
Sargent County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Engineer Combat Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 2nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 01, 1950 / Age:
He was captured while fighting the enemy near Kunu-ri, North Korea and interned as a Prisoner of War. He was not among those returned at the wars end, and is listed as Missing in Action.
1968
Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Kurt William Duncan
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 9th Engineer Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: III Marine Amphibious Force
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Marine Division
Date of Loss: September 19, 1968 / Age: 21
HM3 Duncan was killed in action when he sustained wounds from an explosive device.
1918
Emil T. Dunham
Erhards Grove, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 43rd Company, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Grant, Ill., on Oct. 8, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1945
PFC Robert W. Dunlap
Grand Forks, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 162nd Infantry Regiment, 41st Infantry Division
Date of Loss: March 22, 1945 / Age: 21
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1944
Staff Sergeant George M. Dunn
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: December 04, 1944 / Age: 22
Killed in action in Germany
1943
SK2c Clarence A. Dunn
Pembina, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy
Date of Loss: September 16, 1943 / Age: 22
Died while in MIA status.
1918
Cpl. Fred R. Dunn
Charleston, ILWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 15, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on July 15, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on July 17, 1925, and consigned to Mrs. Charles H. Dunn, Charleston, Ill. (place of burial not given).