State Heroes Total:
3932
Service Branch

Korean War

Luverne C. Prescott photo 1952

Sergeant Luverne C. Prescott

Walsh County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 18, 1952 / Age:

Curtis M. Rasmusson photo 1952

Private Curtis M. Rasmusson

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: September 05, 1952 / Age: 20

Died in service in Korea

Harold O. Georgeson photo 1952

Private First Class Harold O. Georgeson

Benson County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:9th Infantry Regiment

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

Date of Loss: March 09, 1952 / Age:

Ruben Wahl photo 1952

Corporal Ruben Wahl

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: November 14, 1952 / Age: 24

Died in service in Ft Campbell, Kentucky

Ignatius Spotted Bear photo 1952

Private First Class Ignatius Spotted Bear

McLean County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:2nd Battalion, 5th Infantry Regimental Combat Team

Date of Loss: June 22, 1952 / Age: 23

He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy at the "Punch Bowl" near Hean Myon, North Korea on June 22, 1952 by enemy artillery fire. 

Roy Vernon Schlenker photo 1952

Private Second Class Roy Vernon Schlenker

Montpelier, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Clearing Company

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:3rd Medical Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:3rd Infantry Division

Date of Loss: August 14, 1952 / Age: 21

He drowned while swimming in the Han-Tan River near Chong-Gong-ni, North Korea.

Allen Gene Stenerson photo 1952

Private First Class Allen Gene Stenerson

Park River, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Marines

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

Date of Loss: August 09, 1952 / Age: 23

Marvin George Conica photo 1952

Private Marvin George Conica

Mandan, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:185th Combat Engineer Battalion

Date of Loss: May 12, 1952 / Age:

Non-hostile death.

Carl J. Bichler photo 1952

Private Carl J. Bichler

Pierce County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 20, 1952 / Age:

Killed in Action

Hugo C. Herman photo 1952

Fireman Apprentice Hugo C. Herman

Korean War

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Hobson

Date of Loss: April 26, 1952 / Age: 20

Killed in action on the USS Hobson

Henry R. Privratsky photo 1952

Private Henry R. Privratsky

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: August 21, 1952 / Age: 21

Died in service in Austin, Texas

Charles R. Hermes photo 1952

Private First Class Charles R. Hermes

Richland County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:223rd Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:40th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: March 27, 1952 / Age: 24

Arby A. Fryer Jr. photo 1952

Private Arby A. Fryer Jr.

Cass County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:120th Engineer Combat Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:45th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: July 06, 1952 / Age: 18

Alton Elmer Graf photo 1952

Private Alton Elmer Graf

Kintyre, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:2nd Battalion, 279th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:45th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: August 18, 1952 / Age: 22

He was listed as Missing in Action when carried away by a flash flood while crossing the river near Inje, North Korea on August 18, 1952 and was presumed dead on December 31, 1953. 

Korean War, World War II

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.