State Heroes Total:
3937
Service Branch
Arnold M. Gunnufson photo

Pvt. Arnold M. Gunnufson

Turtle Lake, ND

Wounded in Action.

Carl A. Engen photo

Pvt. Carl A. Engen

Astoria [sic], ND

Severt Johnson photo

Pvt. Severt Johnson

Bottineau, ND

Died of wounds.

World War I

Sophia Ellen Morrison photo

Nurse Sophia Ellen Morrison

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Base Hospital, Camp Devens, Mass.

Relieved from active duty on Jan. 31, 1919, as an Army Nurse.

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

Orren H. Herman photo

Pvt. Orren H. Herman

Beaver City, IN

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 127th Infantry

Discharged on Jan. 10, 1919, as a Private, Surgeon's Certificate of Disability, 20%.

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

Neil E. Callahan photo

Pvt.1st Class Neil E. Callahan

Minto, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 164th Infantry

Discharged at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on Feb. 10, 1919, as a Private 1st Class, Surgeon's Certificate of Disability, 10%.

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

Robert C. Thompson photo

Robert C. Thompson

World War I

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

Information found in Volume 4, page 3228** of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

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

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

Robert D. Fowler photo 1952

Boilerman 1st Class Robert D. Fowler

Korean War, World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Boxer

Date of Loss: October 01, 1952 / Age: 34

Killed in action on the USS Boxer

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