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Korean War

1950

Private First Class Stephen Kermit Roe

Barnes County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery C

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 38th Field Artillery Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 2nd Infantry Division

Date of Loss: November 30, 1950 / Age: 20

He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy near Kunu-ri, North Korea on November 30, 1950 and died while a prisoner on June 11, 1951.

1951

Private Norval Rommesmo

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: February 16, 1951 / Age: 23

Died in service in Columbus, Indiana

1952

Private First Class Phillip W. Rydberg

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 15th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 3rd Infantry Division

Date of Loss: January 27, 1952 / Age: 18

Killed in action in Korea

1951

Private First Class James F. Sand

Towner County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 5th Cavalry Regiment

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

Date of Loss: October 24, 1951 / Age:

1952

Technical Sergeant Melvin E. Sarkilahti

Korean War, World War II

Branch of Service: Air Force

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

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 502nd Tactical Control Group

Date of Loss: October 16, 1952 / Age: 26

Just after midnight on October 16, 1952, a C-46 Commando (tail number 44-77538) carrying four crew members and twenty-one passengers departed Kangnung Air Base for a night courier flight to Pohang Air Base.

1951

Private Fred Beecher Sayre

Traill County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 21st Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 24th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: April 27, 1951 / Age:

He was captured during the Korean War and interned as a Prisoner of War. He was not among those returned at the wars end, and is listed as Missing in Action. His remains have never been recovered.

1952

Private Edward Schafer

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: August 24, 1952 / Age: 23

Died in service in Lebanon, Missouri

1953

Private First Class Ferdinand C. Schillinger

Richland County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 17th Infantry Regiment

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

Date of Loss: July 06, 1953 / Age: 22

1952

Private Second Class Roy Vernon Schlenker

Montpelier, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Clearing Company

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 3rd Medical Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 3rd Infantry Division

Date of Loss: August 14, 1952 / Age: 21

He drowned while swimming in the Han-Tan River near Chong-Gong-ni, North Korea.

1950

1st Lieutenant Robert Gerard Schmitt

Sykeston, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 3rd Battalion, 31st Regimental Combat Team

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

Date of Loss: December 01, 1950 / Age: 27

"Wounded in both legs and wearing a U.S. Army field coat peppered with bullet holes, 1st Lt. Robert Schmitt led a desperate U.S. hilltop assault against advancing Chinese forces in one of the bloodiest battles of the Korean War. He never returned."