State Heroes Total:
3940
Service Branch

Korean War

James B. Nehowig photo 1952

Corporal James B. Nehowig

Fargo, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:2nd Battalion

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

Date of Loss: September 20, 1952 / Age:

He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy at "Old Baldy", North Korea on September 20, 1952. 

Keith Robert Bayley photo 1952

Private First Class Keith Robert Bayley

Page, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Weapons Company

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:1st Battalion

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

Date of Loss: October 27, 1952 / Age: 23

Darwyn L. Hagen photo 1952

Private First Class Darwyn L. Hagen

Grand Forks County, 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 16, 1952 / Age:

Richard V. Reiter photo 1952

Sergeant Richard V. Reiter

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: February 07, 1952 / Age: 21

Died in service in Japan

Renfrew D. Bailey photo 1952

Sergeant Renfrew D. Bailey

Harvey, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:3rd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment

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

Date of Loss: July 19, 1952 / Age: 22

He was seriously wounded by the enemy at "Old Baldy", North Korea on July 19, 1952 and died of those wounds.

Christopher Ruben Geiszler photo 1952

Private First Class Christopher Ruben Geiszler

Merricourt, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:13th Engineer Combat Battalion

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

Date of Loss: June 12, 1952 / Age: 19

He was riding in a truck when it struck a land mine. He was taken to the 8063rd Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH), where he died.

Donald L. Monson photo 1952

Private Donald L. Monson

Walsh County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: September 26, 1952 / Age:

William J. Kalanek photo 1952

Airman 1st Class William J. Kalanek

Korean War

Branch of Service: Air Force

Date of Loss: June 15, 1952 / Age: 20

Died in service in a car accident in Black Hawk, Colorado

Alfred A. Loken photo 1952

Private Alfred A. Loken

McKenzie County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: December 25, 1952 / Age:

Duane E. Kent photo 1952

Sergeant First Class Duane E. Kent

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: July 31, 1952 / Age: 21

Killed in action while fighting the enemy in North Korea.

Beryl D. Maas photo 1952

Airman 1st Class Beryl D. Maas

Korean War

Branch of Service: Air Force

Date of Loss: November 11, 1952 / Age: 19

Died in service in England

Donn Herbert Haugen photo 1952

1st Lieutenant Donn Herbert Haugen

Grand Forks, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Air Force

Date of Loss: April 29, 1952 / Age: 25

Olai Joseph Twenge photo 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.

Carl Edward Soreide photo 1952

Major Carl Edward Soreide

Bowman, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Marine Attack Squadron 212

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:Marine Air Group 12

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

Date of Loss: July 23, 1952 / Age: 27

While on a combat mission, his aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft fire, exploded and crashed. His remains were never recovered. 

Herman W. Lunde photo 1952

Airman 3rd Class Herman W. Lunde

Branch of Service: Air Force

Date of Loss: September 11, 1952 / Age: 21

Died in service in Chillicothe, Ohio