State Heroes
Korean War
1952
Private First Class Donald M. Leonhard
Morton County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery B
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:37th Field Artillery Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:2nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 26, 1952 / Age:
1952
Sergeant First Class Herbert F. Parker Jr.
Arnegard, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: I Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:3rd Battalion, 223rd Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:40th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: May 15, 1952 / Age:
Killed in Action while fighting in North Korea
1952
Private First Class John Anthony Berg
Grand Forks, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:1st Battalion, 5th Marines
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Marine Division
Date of Loss: January 04, 1952 / Age: 21
1952
1st Lieutenant Donn Herbert Haugen
Grand Forks, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Air Force
Date of Loss: April 29, 1952 / Age: 25
1952
Private First Class Olai Joseph Twenge
Hatton, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:2nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 19, 1952 / Age: 23
He died of severe burns when his bunker caught fire near Kal-Gol, North Korea.
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
1952
Private First Class Harold Kvam
Williams County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:7th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:3rd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 26, 1952 / Age:
1952
Private First Class James Nelson Engelhardt
Hebron, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 17th Ordnance Medium Maintenance Company
Date of Loss: July 02, 1952 / Age: 20
Non-hostile death.
1952
Private First Class Marvin G. Van Ningen
Bowman County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:7th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: October 14, 1952 / Age:
1952
Sergeant First Class Duane E. Ege
Cass County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:5th Infantry Regiment Combat Team
Date of Loss: February 09, 1952 / Age:
1952
Corporal Allen S. Hewitt
Carrington, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:35th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:25th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 30, 1952 / Age: 20
1952
Sergeant Ellis R. Nell
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:18th Engineers Combat Battalion
Date of Loss: July 29, 1952 / Age: 21
Died in service in Germany
1952
Petty Officer 3rd Class Harlan Gay Goodroad
Jamestown, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Patrol Squadron 731, USS Onslow
Date of Loss: July 31, 1952 / Age: 25
His aircraft was on routine patrol out of Iwakuni, Japan over the Yellow Sea, when it was attacked by Chinese fighters and crashed.
1952
Private Harold D. Newman
Ward County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:7th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: October 15, 1952 / Age:
1952
2nd Lieutenant Jason C. Larson
Cass County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:15th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:3rd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 16, 1952 / Age:
1952
Airman 3rd Class Leore J. Kowarsch
Branch of Service: Air Force
Date of Loss: August 09, 1952 / Age: 20
Died in service in Mobile, Alabama in a car accident