State Heroes
Korean War
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:
1951
Private First Class Marion E. Hudecek
Slope County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:9th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:2nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 12, 1951 / Age:
1951
Private First Class Clyde R. Colvin
Ward County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:17th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:7th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 22, 1951 / Age:
1951
Sergeant Cecil W. French
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:3rd Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:25th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: September 08, 1951 / Age: 25
Killed in action in Korea
1951
Corporal Clarence E. Opperud
Divide County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:25th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 04, 1951 / Age: 23
1951
Corporal Dennis Harold Brady
Eddy County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:2nd Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:2nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: May 17, 1951 / Age: 19
He was listed as Missing in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea on May 17, 1951 and was presumed dead on December 31, 1953.
1951
Private Duane A. Miller
Richland County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: G Company
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Cavalry Division
Date of Loss: June 06, 1951 / Age:
1951
Private First Class Lloyd F. Selby
Burleigh County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:8th Cavalry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Cavalry Division
Date of Loss: July 11, 1951 / Age:
1951
Private First Class Robert Lee Wanner
Belfield, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Weapons Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:2nd Battalion, 1st Marines
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Marine Division
Date of Loss: September 16, 1951 / Age: 21
1951
Private Marvin L. Eggleston
Benson 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: October 07, 1951 / Age:
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
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.
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
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:
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:
Korean War, World War II (WWII)
1951
Sergeant Wilbur C. Stark
Korean War, World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: May 12, 1951 / Age: 28
Died in service in St. Louis, Missouri