State Heroes

1943

Private First Class Delmar R. Fortin

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 7th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 3rd Infantry Division

Date of Loss: October 23, 1943 / Age: 32

Killed in action in Italy

1918

Archie C. Fortin

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery D, 40th Field Artillery

Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age: 29

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 17, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 2, page 955 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

1918

Austin Fortune

Wheaton, MN

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Medical Department

Date of Loss: June 27, 1918 / Age: 29

Died at Fort Riley, Kans., on June 27, 1918.

Buried at Wheaton, Minn.

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

1944

2nd Lt. John J. Fortune

Bismarck, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Air Force

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 721st Bomber Squadron, 450th Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Loss: March 24, 1944 / Age: 23

Died while in MIA status.

1918

Private Gilmore L. Foss

Caledonia, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 58th Infantry Regiment

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

Date of Loss: August 07, 1918 / Age: 27

1945

Private Clayton E. Foss

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 81st Cavalry Reconn Squad

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

Date of Loss: May 06, 1945 / Age: 23

Died of wounds in Italy

1942

Private First Class Palmer G. Foss

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: October 26, 1942 / Age: 26

Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1918

Gilman L. Foss

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 58th Infantry

Date of Loss: August 07, 1918 / Age: 27

Died on Aug. 7, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 4, 1921, and buried in Grave 320, European Section, Arlington National Cemetery, Va.

1918

Pvt. Bert Melvin Fossen

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 138th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division

Date of Loss: October 02, 1918 / Age: 26

Died in Field Hospital at Buzancy, Germany, on Oct. 2, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried, Grave 34, Row 39, Block G, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

1944

Technician 5th Grade Karsten A. Fossum

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 377th Field Artillery Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 101st Airborne Division

Date of Loss: June 11, 1944 / Age: 22

Killed in action in Normandy, France

1943

Capt. Orville J. Fossum

Fargo, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 82nd Infantry, 81st Philippine Infantry Division

Date of Loss: January 11, 1943 / Age:

Killed in action in the Philippines.

Pvt. Lyle Foster

Beach, ND

Wounded in Action.

1942

Corporal Kenneth S. Foubert

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 4th Battalion

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 164th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: Americal Division

Date of Loss: October 13, 1942 / Age: 20

He died in a Japanese bombing raid on Guadalcanal the day his regiment landed on the island.