State Heroes

Private First Class Bernard E. Grua

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: July 12, 1944 / Age: 30

Killed in action in Saipan

Cpl. Fred M. Grube

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 161st Ambulance Company, 116th Sanitary Train

Date of Loss: December 31, 1917 / Age: 25

Died on Dec. 31, 1917.

Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 13, 1920, and buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Auburndale, Wis.

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

Private First Class Edmund A. Gruchalla

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 147th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 37th Infantry Regiment

Date of Loss: February 04, 1943 / Age: 22

Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

2nd Lieutenant Charles E. Grytness

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 164th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 34th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: November 23, 1942 / Age: 26

Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

2nd Lt. Warren H. Guernsey

World War II

Branch of Service: Air Force

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 353th Bomber Squadron, 301st Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Loss: November 18, 1944 / Age: 27

Killed in action near Italy.

Pvt. Walter Guetschow

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 313th Engineer Regiment, 88th Division

Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 25

Died of pneumonia, at Romagne, France, Oct. 11, 1918.

Buried, Grave 3, Row 16, Block A, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

PFC Harold M. Gullickson

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 359th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: July 03, 1944 / Age: 23

Killed in action near France.

Technician 5th Grade Orlin J. Gullingsrud

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 362nd Field Artillery Battalion

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

Date of Loss: November 03, 1944 / Age: 22

Killed in action on Leyte Island

Staff Sergeant John Gums

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: B-24J #44-40540

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 424th Bomber Squadron

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 307th Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Loss: October 18, 1944 / Age: 22

B-24J #44-40540 took off, with a crew of 10, from Morotai, North Maluku Province, Indonesia on a bombing mission over Balikpapan island in Borneo.

Sergeant Gunder Peter Ri Gunderson

Walhalla, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion

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

Date of Loss: November 23, 1965 / Age: 24

South Vietnam
Hostile, ground casualty
Multiple fragmentation wounds

Sgt. Gerhart Melvin Gunderson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 40th Infantry

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

Died of pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 5, 1918.

Buried, Grand Forks, N. Dak.

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

Cpl. Oscar Gerald Gunderson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: February 20, 1919 / Age: 21

Died of pneumonia on Feb. 20, 1919.

Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Nov. 10, 1920, and buried at Grand Forks, N. Dak.

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

Tech 5c Allen R. Gunkel

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 24th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron

Date of Loss: March 02, 1945 / Age: 25

Killed in action near Belgium.

Oscar Gunlickson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 36th Company, 161st Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 23

Died of pneumonia, at Camp Grant, Ill., on Oct. 4, 1918.

Buried at Benedict, N. Dak.

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

Pvt.1st Class Menton Gunnerud

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 110th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 30, 1918 / Age: 33

Died of wounds received in action at Argonne Forest, France, on Sept. 30, 1918.