State Heroes
Korean War
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
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:
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:
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:
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:
1951
Sergeant First Class Calvin M. Theis
Ward 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: October 31, 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
Private First Class Wallace D. Wherley
Korean War
Branch of Service: Marines
Date of Loss: July 11, 1951 / Age: 20
Died in service at Camp Pendelton, CA.
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:
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