State Heroes

Corporal Rene S. Foubert

World War II

Branch of Service: Marines

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 28th Marines Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 5th Marine Division

Date of Loss: March 05, 1945 / Age: 23

Killed in action in Iwo Jima

Private First Class Floyd M. Fousek

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 132nd Infantry Regiment

Date of Loss: March 07, 1945 / Age: 24

Killed in action in Leyte, Philippine Islands

Pvt. Gaston J. Foussard

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division

Date of Loss: December 01, 1944 / Age: 35

Killed in action near France.

Master Sergeant Paul Fowler

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: February 14, 1970 / Age: 42

Died in service in Sedalia, Missouri 

Lieutenant Colonel James Alan Fowler

Bismarck, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 523rd Tactical Fighter Squadron

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 405th Tactical Fighter Wing

Date of Loss: June 06, 1972 / Age: 41

In North Vietnam
Hostile, died while missing, Fixed Wing - Pilot
Air Loss, Crash on Land

From DPAA:

Boilerman 1st Class Robert D. Fowler

Korean War, World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Boxer

Date of Loss: October 01, 1952 / Age: 34

Killed in action on the USS Boxer

Boilerman 1st Class Robert D. Fowler

Korean War, World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Boxer

Date of Loss: October 01, 1952 / Age: 34

Killed in action on the USS Boxer

1st Lieutenant Edward G. Fox

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: April 01, 1945 / Age: 26

Killed in action in Ben Hame, Germany

Private First Class Frederic T. Fox

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 382nd Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 96th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: May 17, 1945 / Age: 21

Killed in action in Okinawa

Private First Class James E. Fox

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 137th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 35th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: August 01, 1944 / Age: 20

Killed in action in France

Charles L. Foy

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 13th Company, 4th Battalion, 160th Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 26

Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 15, 1918.

Buried at Langdon, N. Dak.

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

Specialist 4 Merlyn Arnold Fraedrick

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 21st Artillery Regiment

Date of Loss: August 28, 1966 / Age: 21

Died in service in Frankfurt, Germany

Pvt. Joseph Franek

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.

Fireman 1c Robert D. Frank

West Fargo, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: January 30, 1944 / Age: 24

The Chicago, in what was known as the Battle of Rennell Island, was first hit by two torpedoes on January 29th and disabled. Multiple crewmen were lost in this first attack.

Pvt. Carl H. Franklin

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age: 25

Died while in POW status on the Japanese ship "Arisan Maru", when it was sunk by an American submarine in the South China Sea. There were 1,803 POWs on the ship, only 9 of which survived the sinking.