State Heroes Total:
3931
Service Branch

Iraq (OIF/OND/OIR)

Keith L. Smette photo 2004

Sergeant Keith L. Smette

Fargo, ND

Iraq (OIF/OND/OIR)

Branch of Service: National Guard

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 957th Engineer Company

Date of Loss: January 24, 2004 / Age: 25

Died Jan. 24 when his convoy was attacked by an improvised explosive device north of Fallujah, Iraq.

Kenneth W. Hendrickson photo 2004

Staff Sergeant Kenneth W. Hendrickson

Bismarck, ND

Iraq (OIF/OND/OIR)

Branch of Service: National Guard

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 957th Engineer Company

Date of Loss: January 24, 2004 / Age: 41

Died Jan. 24 when his convoy was attacked by an improvised explosive device north of Fallujah, Iraq.

James J. Holmes photo 2004

Specialist James J. Holmes

East Grand Forks, MN

Iraq (OIF/OND/OIR)

Branch of Service: National Guard

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: C Company

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:141st Engineer Battalion

Date of Loss: May 08, 2004 / Age: 28

Holmes died in Landstuhl, Germany, from injuries sustained in Iraq on May 3, 2004 when an improvised explosive device detonated near the driver side of his military vehicle.

Philip D. Brown photo 2004

Specialist Philip D. Brown

Jamestown, ND

Iraq (OIF/OND/OIR)

Branch of Service: National Guard

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:141st Engineer Battalion

Date of Loss: May 08, 2004 / Age: 21

Died May 8 in Balad, Iraq, from injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device went off west of Samarra, Iraq.

Lance J. Koenig photo 2004

Staff Sergeant Lance J. Koenig

Fargo, ND

Iraq (OIF/OND/OIR)

Branch of Service: National Guard

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:141st Engineer Battalion

Date of Loss: September 22, 2004 / Age: 33

Killed Sept. 22 when an improvised explosive device detonated while he was conducting a dismounted patrol in Tikrit, Iraq.

Anthony W. Monroe photo 2004

Private First Class Anthony W. Monroe

Bismarck, ND

Iraq (OIF/OND/OIR)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:Division Artillery

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

Date of Loss: October 11, 2004 / Age: 20

Killed Oct. 11 when two rockets impacted his camp in Baghdad.

Sheldon Hawk Eagle photo 2003

Private First Class Sheldon Hawk Eagle

Grand Forks, ND

Iraq (OIF/OND/OIR)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)

Date of Loss: November 15, 2003 / Age: 21

Killed Nov. 15 when two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters crashed in Mosul, Iraq.

Thomas J. Sweet II photo 2003

Sergeant Thomas J. Sweet II

Bismarck, ND

Iraq (OIF/OND/OIR)

Branch of Service: Army

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

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

Date of Loss: November 27, 2003 / Age: 23

Died of non-combat related injuries Nov. 27 in Junction City, Iraq.

Jon P. Fettig photo 2003

Specialist Jon P. Fettig

Dickinson, ND

Iraq (OIF/OND/OIR)

Branch of Service: National Guard

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 957th Engineer Company

Date of Loss: July 22, 2003 / Age: 30

Died July 22, 2003 when the truck he was in was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade near Ramadi, Iraq, on July 22, 2003.

Korean War

Loren E. Thompson photo 1954

Technical Sergeant Loren E. Thompson

Korean War

Branch of Service: Air Force

Date of Loss: June 27, 1954 / Age: 20

Died in service on the March Air Force Base in California. 

William E. Smith photo 1954

Corporal William E. Smith

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: April 28, 1954 / Age: 20

Killed in action in Korea

Gordon E. Miller photo 1954

Private Gordon E. Miller

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: April 25, 1954 / Age: 21

Died in service in Minneapolis, MN

Chester G. Klepetka photo 1954

Private First Class Chester G. Klepetka

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: June 04, 1954 / Age: 25

Died in service in Hankinson, ND

Korean War, World War II

Alan E. Torgerson photo 1954

Chief Storekeeper Alan E. Torgerson

Korean War, World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: August 28, 1954 / Age: 31

Died in service

Oliver A. Stoutland photo 1954

Lieutenant Commander Oliver A. Stoutland

Korean War, World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: May 28, 1954 / Age: 54

Died in service in Tangiers, Morocco