FALLEN
Korean War
1950
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Eino Erland Falls
Towner County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:2nd Combat Engineer Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:2nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 01, 1950 / Age:
1950
Private First Class Peter Ternes
Raleigh, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:71st Signal Service Battalion
Date of Loss: June 30, 1950 / Age:
1950
Master Sergeant Archie K. Bellon
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:1st Battaloin
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:7th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 27, 1950 / Age: 37
Killed in the battle of the Chosin Reservoir
1950
Private Michael A. Dworshak
Flasher, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:5th Cavalry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Cavalry Division
Date of Loss: July 25, 1950 / Age:
Seeing an enemy machine gun nest to the rear, Private Dworshak, displaying great presence of mind, swung his automatic rifle around and, at the same time, shoved one man off the tank to keep him from getting hit by the machine gun's fire.
1950
Corporal Wilmer R. Pfeifle
Hettinger County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:29th Regimental Combat Team
Date of Loss: August 19, 1950 / Age:
1950
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:
1950
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.
1950
Private Ronald Wayne Hagen
Grand Forks County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Battery
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:82nd Anti-Aircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) 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.
1950
2nd Lieutenant Damon J. Larson
Korean War
Branch of Service: Marines
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Marine Division
Date of Loss: November 28, 1950 / Age: 24
Killed in action in Yudamni, Korea
1950
Private Herbert Edward Buik
Wells County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:27th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:25th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 26, 1950 / Age:
He was captured during the Korean War and interned as a Prisoner of War. He was not among those returned at the wars end, and is listed as Missing in Action. His remains have never been recovered.
1950
Private Duncan Lafrance Thorsteinson
Bantry, ND
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: July 16, 1950 / Age: 21
Killed in action.
Korean War, World War II
1950
Chief Metalsmith Roy P. Ostenvik
Korean War, World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: November 17, 1950 / Age: 34
Died in service in San Diego, California
World War II
1950
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.
Lebanon
1983
Lance Corporal Todd Anthony Kraft
Devils Lake, ND
Lebanon
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: G Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:2/8 Battalion Landing Team
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:22nd Marine Amphibious Unit
Date of Loss: December 04, 1983 / Age: 19
The evening of December 4th a reinforced squad of Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines, led by Sgt Manuel A.
Panama (Operation Just Cause)
1989
Corporal Garreth Charles Isaak
Harvey, ND
Panama (Operation Just Cause)
Branch of Service: Marines
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:2nd Light Armored Recon Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:2nd Marine Division
Date of Loss: December 20, 1989 / Age: 22
Corporal Isaak's Squad came under intense hostile fire while attempting to secure their objective. Reacting swiftly, he continued to advance toward the building in order to clear it of hostile forces of unknown size.