State Heroes

Private Paul James Gates

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps UND Grand Forks ND

Date of Loss: October 21, 1918 / Age: 20

Died while serving as a member of the Student Army Training Corps  on the UND campus in Grand Forks during the 1918 flu pandemic. Name included on the UND S.A.T.C. website

Pvt.1st Class Lee Gautsche

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 362nd Infantry

Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 25

Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.

Buried in Grave 10, Row 20, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, France.

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

PFC James Gawryluk

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 4th Engineer Combat Battalion

Date of Loss: July 29, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near France.

Aviation Machinist's Mate 1st Class William J. Gebeke

Absaraka, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: August 10, 1944 / Age: 24

Died in service in San Diego, California

PFC Athniel W. Gebhard

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 318th Infantry Regiment, 80th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: November 08, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near France.

Seaman 1c Kenneth E. Gebhardt

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Arizona

Date of Loss: December 07, 1941 / Age: 23

Died while in MIA status after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Remains not recovered.

Private First Class William Gegelmann

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 62nd Armed Field Artillery Battalion

Date of Loss: July 12, 1943 / Age: 23

Killed in action in Sicily

Private First Class Johannes "Johnny" Gehring

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 110th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 28th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: December 16, 1944 / Age: 21

Army Private First Class Gehring experienced a critical situation which ultimately resulted in the loss of his life near Belgium.

Captain Francis Edward Geiger

Dickinson, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 6250th Combat Support Squadron

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 6253rd Combat Support Group

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 13th Air Force

Date of Loss: July 23, 1965 / Age: 28

He was killed in action while in Kon Tum, South Vietnam while supporting US Marines in hostile action when the fixed wing plane he was piloting crashed on land.

Sergeant Jack E. Geiger

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 21, 1942 / Age: 21

Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

Private First Class Ronald J. Geis

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: June 23, 1953 / Age: 20

Killed in action in Korea

Private First Class Christopher Ruben Geiszler

Merricourt, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 13th Engineer Combat Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 7th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: June 12, 1952 / Age: 19

He was riding in a truck when it struck a land mine. He was taken to the 8063rd Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH), where he died.

Private Willys S. Gensrich

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 105th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 27th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: April 24, 1945 / Age: 28

Killed in action in Okinawa