State Heroes
1945
Staff Sgt. Raymond A. Avery
Pherrin Township, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 158th Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: January 19, 1945 / Age: 34
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1918
1st Lt. Samuel Lee Avis
Jamestown, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Engineers
Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 28
Died at Camp Humphreys, Va., of influenza and pneumonia, on Oct. 12, 1918.
Place of burial, Jamestown, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Clyde D. Axtell
Elgin, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery B, 336th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: January 10, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of broncho pneumonia, at Camp Pike, Ark., on Jan. 10, 1918.
Buried at Elgin, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class John Cretus Baar
Underwood, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on Oct. 6, 1918.
Buried in Grave 40, Row 25, Block F, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Stephen Abel Babcock
Ludden, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 137th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division
Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 29
Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918.
Buried, Grave 38, Row 7, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Michael Babich
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Division
Date of Loss: November 18, 1918 / Age: 27
Died on Nov. 18, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 17, Row 5, Block H, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1945
Staff Sergeant Andrew F. Babinski
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 381 Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 96th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: March 11, 1945 / Age: 29
Killed in action on Okinawa Island
1968
Private First Class William Paul Backer
Mandan, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 1st Marines Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Marine Division
Date of Loss: January 12, 1968 / Age: 18
He died of wounds in Quang Tri, South Vietnam in hostile action.
1941
RM2c Walter Howard Backman
Wilton, ND
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Oklahoma
Date of Loss: December 07, 1941 / Age: 22
Killed during the attack on Pearl Harbor. His body was recovered July 17, 2017.
1950
Private First Class Paul Gerald Baenen
Jamestown, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Provisional Marine Brigade
Date of Loss: August 08, 1950 / Age: 20
1943
2nd Lieutenant Raymond W. Baesler
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: January 14, 1943 / Age: 22
Killed in action in Guadalcanal
1945
RM3c Jerome W. Baglien
Hillsboro, ND
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Sculpin
Date of Loss: December 05, 1945 / Age: 22
United States Naval Reserve. Killed in action on the USS Sculpin when it was sunk by a Japanese Destroyer. South Pacific Ocean. Remains not recovered.
1944
2nd Lieutenant Donald D. Bagne
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 134th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 34th Infantry Division "Santa Fe"
Date of Loss: August 12, 1944 / Age: 22
Killed in action 12 Aug 44 near La Poteliere, France
1918
Pvt. Albert Glen Bailey
Arvilla, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: May 07, 1918 / Age: 26
Killed in action on May 7, 1918.
Buried in Grave 15, Row 16, Block C, Somme American Cemetery, Bony, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1952
Sergeant Renfrew D. Bailey
Harvey, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 3rd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 2nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 19, 1952 / Age: 22
He was seriously wounded by the enemy at "Old Baldy", North Korea on July 19, 1952 and died of those wounds.