State Heroes
1918
Edgar John Dunnigan
Olga, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 34th Company, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 27
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Grant, Ill., on Oct. 5, 1918.
Buried at Olga, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1944
MoMM1c Patrick Dunphy
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: December 03, 1944 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.
1967
Airman 1st Class Donald Duane Durant
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1955 Command Squadron
Date of Loss: April 05, 1967 / Age: 28
Died in service in Thailand.
1944
Captain Charles R. Durfee
World War II
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 6th Marines
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 2nd Marine Division
Date of Loss: June 17, 1944 / Age: 25
Killed in action in Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, Kiribati
1950
Private First Class Mike W. Dutchak
Billings County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 19th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 24th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 19, 1950 / Age:
1944
Technician 5th Grade Norman C. Dutoit
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: June 25, 1944 / Age: 26
Killed in action in Italy
1918
S2c Emil M. Dvorak
World War I
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa
Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 24
Died in Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa., on Sept. 28, 1918, as a Seaman 2nd Class.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1950
Private Michael A. Dworshak
Flasher, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 5th Cavalry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Cavalry Division
Date of Loss: July 25, 1950 / Age:
Seeing an enemy machine gun nest to the rear, Private Dworshak, displaying great presence of mind, swung his automatic rifle around and, at the same time, shoved one man off the tank to keep him from getting hit by the machine gun's fire.
1918
Olaf Dybdal
McLeod, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 139th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 28
Died, Oct. 7, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 157, Row 12, Block 4, Argonne-American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France. Reburied, McLeod, N. Dak.
1918
Roy B. Dye
Stanley, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 52nd Infantry
Date of Loss: March 05, 1918 / Age: 20
Died at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., on March 5, 1918.
Buried, Stanley, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1945
PFC Paul B. Dyer
Economy Township, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 415th Infantry Regiment, 104th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 23, 1945 / Age: 36
Killed in action near Belgium.
1918
Charles Eagan
Minot, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 29
Killed in action on Oct. 4, 1918.
Buried in France. Reburied at Minot, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Charles Egan.
1918
Pvt. Fred M. Eager
Omemee, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: March 01, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on March 1, 1918.
Buried, Grave 29, Row 12, Block B, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Boyd Eagleson
Milton, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 23
Died on Oct. 10, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried in Grave 19, Row 19, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1917
Pvt. Ralph B. Early
Wahpeton, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I (Wahpeton), 1st North Dakota Infantry Regt
Date of Loss: October 22, 1917 / Age: 18
Died of Pneunomia at Camp Greene North Carolina on October 22, 1917. Buried at Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota. Survived by both parents, two brothers and two sisters.