FALLEN

Corporal Thomas F. Murphy

Cass County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:16th Recon Squadron

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Cavalry Division

Date of Loss: September 10, 1950 / Age:

Lieutenant Colonel James Alfred Rippin

Fort Totten, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Air Force

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:5th Air Force

Date of Loss: November 13, 1950 / Age: 31

His airplane crashed while on a flight from Japan to Korea.

Sergeant Donald Leroy Duff

Sargent County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:2nd Engineer Combat Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:2nd Infantry Division

Date of Loss: December 01, 1950 / Age:

He was captured while fighting the enemy near Kunu-ri, North Korea and interned as a Prisoner of War. He was not among those returned at the wars end, and is listed as Missing in Action.

1st Lieutenant Vernon A. Lindvig

Lakota, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Air Force

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 339th All Weather Squadron

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:35th Fighter Interceptor Wing

Date of Loss: June 28, 1950 / Age: 26

Lost while returning from operations to cover Rheinholte in the Yellow Sea. His plane crashed in mountains short of the runway at Iwakuni during bad weather.

Corporal Milton P. Billigmeier

Stutsman County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:3rd Battalion, 29th Infantry Regimental Combat Team

Date of Loss: July 27, 1950 / Age:

He was listed as Missing in Action while fighting the enemy near Hadong, South Korea on July 27, 1950 and was presumed dead on February 24, 1954.

Private First Class Leonard J. Weber

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: July 03, 1950 / Age: 20

Died in service in Columbia, South Carolina

Private Thomas C. Odenbaugh

Golden Valley County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:29th Regimental Combat Team

Date of Loss: August 22, 1950 / Age:

Private First Class Martin J. Glasser

Morton County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:61st Field Artillery Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Cavalry Division

Date of Loss: September 13, 1950 / Age:

Sergeant Leslie C. Thompson

Pembina County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:38th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:2nd Infantry Division

Date of Loss: November 28, 1950 / Age:

1st Lieutenant Robert Gerard Schmitt

Sykeston, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:3rd Battalion, 31st Regimental Combat Team

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:7th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: December 01, 1950 / Age: 27

"Wounded in both legs and wearing a U.S. Army field coat peppered with bullet holes, 1st Lt. Robert Schmitt led a desperate U.S. hilltop assault against advancing Chinese forces in one of the bloodiest battles of the Korean War. He never returned."

Lieutenant Colonel Carl C. Jensen

Wells County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:3d Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:24th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: July 12, 1950 / Age: 38

Colonel Jensen remained behind and personally directed the withdrawal of all units of his Battalion. When the withdrawal was complete, he himself began to withdraw from the forward position, collecting stragglers as he withdrew.

1st Lieutenant Ward Orville Neville

Zap, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:3rd Engineer Combat Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:24th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: August 11, 1950 / Age: 32

He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for actions near the Naktong River while on a search and destroy patrol. In this mission, Neville and his 13 men were attacked by an estimated 200 enemy rifleman.

Private Vincent J. Eicholtz

Cass County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:29th Regimental Combat Team

Date of Loss: July 27, 1950 / Age:

Sergeant First Class Kenneth F. Nickerson

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: July 07, 1950 / Age: 38

Died in the army hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico of a heart attack. 

Master Sergeant Ray Point

Korean War, World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:24th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: November 04, 1950 / Age: 35

Killed in action in North Korea