State Heroes Total:
3859
Service Branch

World War II

John M. Emery photo 1941

GM3c John M. Emery

Gardner, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Arizona

Date of Loss: December 07, 1941 / Age: 22

Died while in MIA status after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Chester F. Kleist photo 1941

Coxswain Chester F. Klesit

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: December 07, 1941 / Age: 33

Killed in action in the attack on Pearl Harbor

Albert Renner photo 1941

Fireman 2c Albert Renner

Mandan, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS West Virginia

Date of Loss: December 07, 1941 / Age: 24

Died while in MIA status after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Steve L. Lesmeister photo 1941

EM2C Steve L. Lesmeister

Harvey, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Arizona

Date of Loss: December 07, 1941 / Age: 22

A native of Selz, North Dakota. Killed in action on December 7, 1941 at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii while serving aboard the battleship USS Arizona.

Claire R. Brier photo 1941

Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Claire R. Brier

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: December 07, 1941 / Age: 26

Killed in action in Pearl Harbor.

Leslie H. Fischer photo 1941

Seaman 1c Leslie H. Fischer

Kildeer, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Arizona

Date of Loss: December 07, 1941 / Age: 24

Died while in MIA status after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Remains not recovered. 

Kenneth E. Gebhardt photo 1941

Seaman 1c Kenneth E. Gebhardt

Balta, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Arizona

Date of Loss: December 07, 1941 / Age: 23

Died while in MIA status after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Remains not recovered.

Richard E. Nelson photo 1941

Fireman 3c Richard E. Nelson

Harwood, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Arizona

Date of Loss: December 07, 1941 / Age: 20

Died while in MIA status. Killed during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Remains not recovered.

Glen A. Summers photo 1941

Yoeman 1st Class Glen A. Summers

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Arizona

Date of Loss: December 07, 1941 / Age: 24

Killed in action while aboard the USS Arizona during the Pearl Harbor attack

Calvin H. Palmer photo 1941

Seaman 2c Calvin H. Palmer

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Oklahoma

Date of Loss: December 07, 1941 / Age:

Died while in MIA status.

Joseph Paul F. Bernard photo 1941

Shipfitter 2nd Class Joseph Paul F. Bernard

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: December 07, 1941 / Age: 26

Killed in action in Pearl Harbor Attack

WWI Student Army Training Corps

Paul Lawrence Samuelson photo 1930

Private Paul Lawrence Samuelson

Calmar, IA

WWI Student Army Training Corps

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps

Date of Loss: March 01, 1930 / Age: 30

Died at Fort Snelling, Minn., Veterans Hospital, March, 1930.

Buried at Calmar, Iowa.

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

Walter C. Huff photo 1918

Walter C. Huff

WWI Student Army Training Corps

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Students Army Training Corps

Date of Loss: October 21, 1918 / Age: 22

Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 21, 1918.

Gordon Norton Vorous photo 1918

Gordon Norton Vorous

Mott, ND

WWI Student Army Training Corps

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps

Date of Loss: October 22, 1918 / Age: 20

Died of influenza on Oct. 22, 1918, at Jamestown, N. Dak.

Buried, Mott, N. Dak.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Hettinger and Stutsman counties.

World War I

Sydney Edgar Kraabel photo 1918

Private Sydney Edgar Kraabel

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps UND Grand Forks ND

Date of Loss: October 19, 1918 / Age: 18

Died while serving as a member of the Student Army Training Corps  on the UND campus in Grand Forks during the 1918 flu pandemic. Name included on the UND S.A.T.C. website