State Heroes
Korean War
1951
Corporal Leo B. Bertrand
Cass County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:2nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: March 02, 1951 / Age: 20
1951
Private First Class William Red Horn
Sioux 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: December 09, 1951 / Age:
1951
Sergeant First Class Donald Wayne Arneson
Hillsboro, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:1st Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:25th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 25, 1951 / Age: 29
He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea. His remains were never recovered.
1951
Sergeant John R. Arman
Burleigh County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:187th Airborne Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: August 17, 1951 / Age: 21
Died of wounds on August 17, 1951. These wounds were sustained from the enemy in North Korea on May 29, 1951.
1951
Private First Class Earl Purdon Mollerud
Wahpeton, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Air/Navy Gunfire Liaison Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:1st Signal Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Marine Division
Date of Loss: June 08, 1951 / Age: 20
He was killed when his jeep hit a land mine.
1951
Private First Class Raymond W. Elgland
Logan 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: July 17, 1951 / Age: 33
1951
Private Leonard Thomas
Benson County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:14th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:25th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: September 21, 1951 / Age:
1951
Private Norval Rommesmo
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: February 16, 1951 / Age: 23
Died in service in Columbus, Indiana
1951
Sergeant Bruce I. Lovdokken
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:3rd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 25, 1951 / Age: 18
Killed in action in Korea
1951
Corporal Donald D. Korte
Dickinson, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Cavalry Division
Date of Loss: October 10, 1951 / Age:
Killed in Action while attacking "Line Jamestown" during "Operation Commando" in North Korea.
1951
Sergeant Donald P. Cullen
Cass 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: January 07, 1951 / Age:
1951
Sergeant First Class Thomas J. Tighe
Wells County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 24th Recon Company
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:24th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 10, 1951 / Age:
1951
Private First Class Vernon Lloyd Brokke
Reynolds, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Marines
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:1st Ordnance Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Marine Division
Date of Loss: March 04, 1951 / Age: 20
1951
Private First Class Fred W. Monson Jr.
Williams County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:24th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 26, 1951 / Age:
1951
Master Sergeant Leo J. Kraft
McHenry County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: May 31, 1951 / Age: 24
1951
Private First Class Clyde Bearstail
McLean County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:7th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 08, 1951 / Age: