State Heroes

Petty Officer 3rd Class Harlan Gay Goodroad

Jamestown, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Patrol Squadron 731, USS Onslow

Date of Loss: July 31, 1952 / Age: 25

His aircraft was on routine patrol out of Iwakuni, Japan over the Yellow Sea, when it was attacked by Chinese fighters and crashed. 

Pvt. Alfred T. Goodwin

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 164th Infantry

Date of Loss: July 19, 1918 / Age: 18

Killed in action on July 19, 1918.

Grave unlocated. Tablets of the Missing at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, France.

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

Harold Bernard Gordanier

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Ordnance Guard Company No. 10, Ancor, Ohio

Date of Loss: November 05, 1918 / Age: 25

Died at Camp Ancor, Ohio, on Nov. 5, 1918.

Buried at Fredonia, N. Dak.

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

Private First Class Norris G. Gorder

World War II

Branch of Service: Marines

Date of Loss: February 26, 1945 / Age: 20

Killed in action in Iwo Jima

Pvt. Arthur N. Gorder

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 125th Field Artillery Regiment, 34th Division

Date of Loss: October 14, 1918 / Age: 23

Died of pneumonia at Liverpool, England, on Oct. 14, 1918.

Buried, Grave 6, Row 2, Block D, Brookwood American Cemetery, Brookwood, England.

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

Francis M. Gordhamer

World War I

Date of Loss: November 11, 1918 / Age:

Name 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.

Private First Class Leon D. Gordon

World War II

Branch of Service: Marines

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 26th Marines Regiment

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

Date of Loss: March 15, 1945 / Age: 30

Killed in action in Iwo Jima

PFC Michael P. Gores

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: February 28, 1945 / Age:

Killed in action in the Philippines.

Cpl. Bolek Gosecky

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 164th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 31

Killed in action on Oct. 5, 1918.

Buried, Grave 38, Row 36, Block H, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Sergeant Bernard Goudreau

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: July 31, 1969 / Age: 46

Died in service in Washington, D.C. 

Staff Sergeant Milton L. Graalum

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 567th Bomber Squadron

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 389th AAF Bomber Group

Date of Loss: February 24, 1944 / Age: 24

Killed in action when his plane crashed in Massbach, Germany. Their plane was on a mission to Gotha, Germany

Private Alton Elmer Graf

Kintyre, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Battalion, 279th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 45th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: August 18, 1952 / Age: 22

He was listed as Missing in Action when carried away by a flash flood while crossing the river near Inje, North Korea on August 18, 1952 and was presumed dead on December 31, 1953. 

Lt. Col. Gilbert Collins Grafton

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: US Army Air Service School

Date of Loss: February 05, 1919 / Age: 58

Died at Camp Hospital No. 24, AEF, on Feb. 5, 1919.

Buried, Grave 6, Row 9. Block B, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.

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

Staff Sergeant Zenophile L. Grandbois

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: September 18, 1944 / Age: 23

Killed in action in Italy

Cpl. Oscar E. Granlund

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 164th Infantry

Date of Loss: July 20, 1918 / Age: 22

Killed in action on July 20, 1918.

Buried, Grave 6, Row 6, Block D, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.

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