State Heroes Total:
3932
Service Branch

World War II

Oswald C. Wohl photo 1941

Seaman 1st Class Oswald C. Wohl

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Helena

Date of Loss: December 13, 1941 / Age: 19

Died in service on December 13, 1941, due to injuries he sustained from the Pearl Harbor attack.

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.

Carleton E. Simensen photo 1941

2nd Lieutenant Carleton E. Simensen

World War II

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Arizona

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

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

Walter Howard Backman photo 1941

RM2c Walter Howard Backman

Wilton, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Oklahoma

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

Killed during the attack on Pearl Harbor. His body was recovered July 17, 2017.

Byron G. Elliott photo 1941

Private Byron G. Elliott

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

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

Killed in action during the Pearl Harbor attack in Hickham Field, Hawaii

Earl E. Tuntland photo 1941

Seaman 1st Class Earl E. Tuntland

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Arizona

Date of Loss: December 10, 1941 / Age: 22

Seaman Tuntland was gravely injured in the Pearl Harbor attacks and died 3 days later of his wounds.

Glen E. Nicholson photo 1941

Electrician's Mate 3C Glen E. Nicholson

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Arizona

Date of Loss: December 07, 1941 / Age:

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

George W. Hammerud photo 1941

Seaman 1c George W. Hammerud

Valley City, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Arizona

Date of Loss: December 07, 1941 / Age:

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

James E. London photo 1941

Seaman 1st Class James E. London

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS California

Date of Loss: December 07, 1941 / Age: 29

Killed in action in the 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.

Hettrick Albert Lowe photo 1918

Hettrick Albert Lowe

Island Lake, ND

WWI Student Army Training Corps

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: November 22, 1918 / Age: 22

Died of pneumonia at Fargo, N. Dak., on Nov. 22, 1918.

Buried at Island Lake, Rolette county, N. Dak.

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

World War I

Frank M. Armstrong photo 1918

Sergeant Frank M. Armstrong

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 29, 1918 / Age: 31

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

Hiram Ornn Wiper photo 1918

Private Hiram Ornn Wiper

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 25, 1918 / Age: 19

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

Warren Arthur Parker photo 1918

Private Warren Arthur Parker

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 14, 1918 / Age: 29

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

Ferl Oliver Hayes photo 1918

Private Ferl Oliver Hayes

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 24, 1918 / Age: 21

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