State Heroes

1970

Sergeant Bruce Lloyd Wold

Minot, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery A

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

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 35th Artillery Regiment, 54th Artillery Group

Date of Loss: April 21, 1970 / Age: 23

Killed in action in Bunh Duong, South Vietnam from burns received while manning an artillery position.

1967

Lance Corporal Michael Ferdinand Wolf

Beulah, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H

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

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 5th Marine Regiment

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

Date of Loss: September 10, 1967 / Age: 21

While participating on Operation SWIFT in the Thang Binh District of Quang Tin Province a platoon combat patrol from Company H came under heavy enemy fire in the vicinity of the hamlet of Chau Xuan (5).

1967

Private First Class Paul Harvey Wolos

Fargo, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K

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

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 5th Marine Regiment

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

Date of Loss: April 28, 1967 / Age: 19

An explosion ripped during the night of April 28; it was Paul Wolos. He had stepped on an M16A2 Bouncing Betty and was gravely wounded.

1965

Lieutenant Commander Carl Julius Woods

Bottineau, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: CVA-31, USS Bon Homme Richard

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: Attack Squadron

Regiment / Group / Brigade: Carrier Air Wing 19

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

Date of Loss: September 28, 1965 / Age: 32

North Vietnam
Hostile, Fixed Wing - Pilot
Air Loss, Crash on Land

1969

Specialist 4 Dennis Stanley Wosick

Grand Forks, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Troop E

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

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 11th Infantry Brigade

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: Americal Division

Date of Loss: June 09, 1969 / Age: 21

Specialist Wosick was killed in action in Quang Ngai, South Vietnam in a hostile ground casualty. 

1967

Command Sergeant Major Laurence Cris Zietlow

New Salem, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company

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

Date of Loss: October 03, 1967 / Age: 39

On September 17, 1967, SGM Zietlow of I Field Force and a SSG Wright from the 124th Transportation Command were mortally wounded in a terrorist attack in a Noncommissioned Officer's Club in Nha Trang, Vietnam. SGM Laurence C.

1971

Staff Sergeant Deland Dwight Zubke

Grassy Butte, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: B Battery

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 7th Battalion

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 15th Artillery, 52nd Artillery Group

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

Date of Loss: March 01, 1971 / Age: 26

In Kontum, South Vietnam
Hostile, died while missing, Ground Casualty

Declared deceased Oct 5, 1978

From DPAA:

1918

Edwin T Aas

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 14th Ammunition Train

Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 25

Died of bronchial pneumonia, on Oct. 12, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 1, page 9 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

1918

Pvt. Ole R. Aase

Crosby, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 138th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division

Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 31

Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.

Buried, Grave 3, Row 38, 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

Sigvard Bernhard Aasen

Clifford, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 15th Service Company, Signal Corps

Date of Loss: September 18, 1918 / Age: 25

Died at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., on Sept. 18, 1918.

Buried at Clifford, N. Dak.

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

1918

Pvt. George Abdalla

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 358th Infantry Regiment, 90th Division

Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 28

Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.

Buried, Grave 14, Row 18, Block D, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.

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

1918

Pvt. Harold Abel

Fordville, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 30th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 21

Killed in action on Oct. 15, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 29, 1921, and consigned to Archie Abel, Fordville, N. Dak. (place of burial not given).

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

1921

Pvt.1st Class Axel Efrick Adamson

Jamestown, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: June 22, 1921 / Age: 33

Died at Jamestown, N. Y., on June 22, 1921.

Buried in Lake View Cemetery, Jamestown, N. Y.

Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

1917

William Alberg

Henning, MN

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Date of Loss: April 13, 1917 / Age: 32

Killed in action on April 13, 1917.

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

Information found in Volume 1, page 26 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

1918

Pvt. Walter C. Alberts

Fort Snelling, MN

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 36th Infantry

Date of Loss: June 12, 1918 / Age: 19

Died at Fort Snelling, Minn., June 12, 1918.

Buried, Fort Snelling, Minn.

Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.