State Heroes Total:
3940
Service Branch
Roy M. Gingrey photo

Pvt. Roy M. Gingrey

Hope, ND

Wounded in Action.

Gustav A. Carlson photo

Pvt. Gustav A. Carlson

Rugby, ND

Wounded in Action.

Lewis L. Heaton photo

Pvt. Lewis L. Heaton

Perth, ND

Wounded in Action.

Clarence Kittleson photo

Pvt. Clarence Kittleson

Denhoff, ND

Wounded in action.

World War I

Delbert D. Hayes photo

Pvt. Delbert D. Hayes

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery E, 2nd Regiment, Field Artillery Replacement Draft

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Information found in Volume 2, page 1286 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Ainsley Stewart Douglas photo

Ainsley Stewart Douglas

Cooperstown

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles, "B" Company, 8th Infantry Brigade

Killed in action.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Information found in Volume 1, page 750 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Charles Andrew Craigen photo

Pvt.1st Class Charles Andrew Craigen

Neche, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 129th Infantry

Discharged at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on Oct. 23, 1919, as a Private 1st Class.

Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

World War II

Edward R. Liberda photo 1958

Air Controlman 1st Class Edward R. Liberda

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: January 14, 1958 / Age: 31

Died in service in a training plane crash in Patuxent River, Maryland

William L. Littrell photo 1957

Major William L. Littrell

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: February 16, 1957 / Age: 36

Died in service in Tripoli, Libya

Duane E. Lund photo 1952

Captain Duane E. Lund

World War II

Branch of Service: Air Force

Date of Loss: July 12, 1952 / Age: 28

Died in service in San Francisco, California.

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

Ingvald O. Nelson photo 1953

Sergeant First Class Ingvald O. Nelson

Korean War, World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: January 01, 1953 / Age: 38

Died in service in Snyder, Oklahoma

Melvin E. Sarkilahti photo 1952

Technical Sergeant Melvin E. Sarkilahti

Korean War, World War II

Branch of Service: Air Force

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

Date of Loss: October 16, 1952 / Age: 26

Just after midnight on October 16, 1952, a C-46 Commando (tail number 44-77538) carrying four crew members and twenty-one passengers departed Kangnung Air Base for a night courier flight to Pohang Air Base.

William F. Tueting Jr. photo 1952

Lieutenant Commander William F. Tueting Jr.

Korean War, World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: March 24, 1952 / Age: 36

Died in service in Silver Springs, Maryland