State Heroes Total:
3940
Service Branch
Martin M. Lund photo 1951

Sergeant Martin M. Lund

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: September 23, 1951 / Age: 20

Died in service in Elizabethtown, Kentucky 

Korean War

Alfred Anderson Jr. photo 1951

Private First Class Alfred Anderson Jr.

Traill 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 25, 1951 / Age: 20

Kenneth Hefta photo 1951

Corporal Kenneth Hefta

Traill County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: February 14, 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.

Leroy S. Fordahl photo 1951

Private First Class Leroy S. Fordahl

Divide County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

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

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

Date of Loss: November 25, 1951 / Age: 21

Edward G. Lovejoy photo 1951

Corporal Edward G. Lovejoy

Williams County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:Division Artillery

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

Date of Loss: April 05, 1951 / Age:

Orin L. Stenehjem photo 1951

Captain Orin L. Stenehjem

Korean War

Branch of Service: Air Force

Date of Loss: November 09, 1951 / Age: 19

Died in service in Austin, Texas

Eugene R. Van Steenvoort photo 1951

Corporal Eugene R. Van Steenvoort

Devils Lake, 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: June 01, 1951 / Age: 19

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 1, 1951. 

Donald R. Harmon photo 1951

Private Donald R. Harmon

Benson County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: May 18, 1951 / Age:

Lawrence K. Taylor photo 1951

Corporal Lawrence K. Taylor

Ward County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: May 23, 1951 / Age: 22

Kenneth J. McRitchie photo 1951

Sergeant Kenneth J. McRitchie

Bottineau County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: June 07, 1951 / Age:

Martin M. Krump photo 1951

Private First Class Martin M. Krump

Richland County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:21st Infantry Regiment

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

Date of Loss: July 31, 1951 / Age:

John A. Wilkerson photo 1951

Corporal John A. Wilkerson

Ramsey County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:23rd Infantry Regiment

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

Date of Loss: September 19, 1951 / Age:

Harvey E. Swartzel Jr. photo 1951

Private Harvey E. Swartzel Jr.

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: July 02, 1951 / Age: 19

Died in service in Chattanooga, Tennessee

Ralph L. Zinck photo 1951

Sergeant First Class Ralph L. Zinck

Stutsman County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: H Company

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

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

Date of Loss: October 09, 1951 / Age:

Korean War, World War II

Louis A. Simonson photo 1951

Sergeant Louis A. Simonson

Korean War, World War II

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 20, 1951 / Age: 33

Died in service in Holland, Michigan