State Heroes

Private Harold S. Zerface

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 164th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: Americal Division

Date of Loss: November 21, 1942 / Age: 24

Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

Sergeant Francis N. Zerr

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 776th Tank Destroyer Battalion

Date of Loss: June 25, 1944 / Age: 28

Killed in action in Italy

Gunner's Mate 3c Jerome A. Zespy

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve

Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age:

Died while in MIA status off of Leyte, when a ship exploded near a cruiser on which he was stationed.

PFC Sam Ziegler

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 747th Tank Battalion

Date of Loss: September 02, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near France.

Sergeant Edwin C. Ziemann

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 129th Infantry Regiment

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

Date of Loss: February 15, 1945 / Age: 29

Died in service in Luzon, Philippine Islands

Sergeant Lawrence A. Zierke

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 377th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 95th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: January 11, 1945 / Age: 31

He died at an English hospital at the age of 31 from injuries sustained during WWII in France.

Coxswain Fred Zimmerman

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Arizona

Date of Loss: December 07, 1941 / Age:

Died while in MIA status after the attack on Pearl Harbor. USS Arizona. Remains not recovered. 

Merchant Seaman Nick Zivotosky

World War II

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Merchant Marine

Date of Loss: August 10, 1945 / Age: 42

Killed in action in North Africa.

Private First Class Stanley H. Zizka

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: November 05, 1942 / Age: 26

Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

Private Sophus Goodman Arman

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps UND Grand Forks ND

Date of Loss: October 27, 1918 / Age: 20

Died while serving as a member of the Student Army Training Corps  on the UND campus in Grand Forks during the 1918 flu pandemic. Name included on the UND S.A.T.C.

Sergeant Frank M. Armstrong

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps UND Grand Forks ND

Date of Loss: October 29, 1918 / Age: 31

Died of pnuemonia while serving as a member of the Student Army Training Corps  on the UND campus in Grand Forks North Dakota during the 1918 flu pandemic. Name included on the UND S.A.T.C. website

Walter Pennington Belyea

WWI Student Army Training Corps

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: October 26, 1918 / Age:

Died while serving as a member of the Student Army Corps on the UND Campus in Grand Forks during the 1918 flu pandemic. Name included on the UND S.A.T.C. website.

Private Morris Engvold Brandvik

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps UND Grand Forks ND

Date of Loss: October 29, 1918 / Age: 21

Died while serving as a member of the Student Army Training Corps  on the UND campus in Grand Forks during the 1918 flu pandemic. Name included on the UND S.A.T.C. website

Private Garfield Jerome Brye

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps UND Grand Forks ND

Date of Loss: October 23, 1918 / Age: 19

Died while serving as a member of the Student Army Training Corps  on the UND campus in Grand Forks during the 1918 flu pandemic. Name included on the UND S.A.T.C. website

Private Jacob William Busch

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps UND Grand Forks ND

Date of Loss: November 04, 1918 / Age: 20

Died while serving as a member of the Student Army Training Corps  on the UND campus in Grand Forks during the 1918 flu pandemic. Name included on the UND S.A.T.C. website