State Heroes Total:
3940
Service Branch
Leore J. Kowarsch photo 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

Korean War

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

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:

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.

Gus E. Rittmiller photo 1952

Private Gus E. Rittmiller

Korean War

Date of Loss: May 19, 1952 / Age: 20

Died in service in Gilroy, California

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:

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:

Herbert F. Parker Jr. photo 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

John Anthony Berg photo 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

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. 

Courtney C. Furnberg photo 1952

Airman 1st Class Courtney C. Furnberg

Fargo, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Air Force

Date of Loss: July 02, 1952 / Age:

Non-hostile Air Crash.

Korean War, World War II (WWII)

William F. Tueting Jr. photo 1952

Lieutenant Commander William F. Tueting Jr.

Korean War, World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: March 24, 1952 / Age: 36

Died in service in Silver Springs, Maryland