State Heroes

1968

1st Lt. Rodger Ray Hertel

Portal, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Battalion

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 28th Infantry Regiment

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

Date of Loss: February 26, 1968 / Age: 25

Killed in action in Binh Duong, South Vietnam through hostile small arms fire. 

1918

Clarence Edwin Hesgard

Buxton, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company No. 35, 9th Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 25

Died of pneumonia, at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on Oct. 13, 1918.

Buried at Buxton, N. Dak.

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

Pvt. A. J. Hetland

Enderlin, ND

Wounded in Action.

1952

Corporal Allen S. Hewitt

Carrington, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 35th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 25th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: April 30, 1952 / Age: 20

1918

Pvt. Elmer Hiatt

Flagler, IA

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 139th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 27

Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 19, 1921, and buried in Grave 3307, European Section, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.

1918

Pvt. Ferdinand Hibner

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 137th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division

Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 30

Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918.

Buried in Grave 10, Row 21, Block A, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

1919

AS Clarence Philip Hickner

World War I

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Scranton

Date of Loss: March 28, 1919 / Age: 18

Died on USS Scranton on March 28, 1919.

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

Information found in Volume 2, page 1347 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

1918

Pvt. Lawrence E. Higbee

Glen Ullin, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 358th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 12, 1918 / Age: 23

Killed in action on Sept. 12, 1918.

Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 1, 1921, and buried in Grave 3278, Arlington National Cemetery, Va.

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

1944

Pvt. Jerome P. Higgins

Grand Forks, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 182nd Infantry Regiment, Americal Division

Date of Loss: September 24, 1944 / Age: 19

Killed in action on Bougainville.

1918

Pvt. Oscar Hilden

Ellendale, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 137th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 23

Killed in action, on Sept. 29, 1918.

Buried in Grave 11, Row 21, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon.

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

1918

Pvt. Carl Hildenbrand

Ashley, ND

World War I

Date of Loss: November 11, 1918 / Age:

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

Information NOT found in the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

1918

Seaman 2c George Arlington Hill

Ardoch, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Naval Training Station, Seattle, Wash.

Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 25

Died of pneumonia at Seattle, Wash., on Oct. 13, 1918.

Buried at Ardoch, N. Dak.