State Heroes

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:

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:

Seaman Apprentice Thomas J. Olson

Korean War

Branch of Service: Navy

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

Died in service in Norfolk, Virgina

Private First Class Phillip W. Rydberg

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B

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

Date of Loss: January 27, 1952 / Age: 18

Killed in action in Korea

Private Edward Schafer

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: August 24, 1952 / Age: 23

Died in service in Lebanon, Missouri

1st Lieutenant Donn Herbert Haugen

Grand Forks, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Air Force

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

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.

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. 

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.

Private First Class Leroy James Sherman

Fargo, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: C Company

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

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

Date of Loss: October 03, 1952 / Age: 20

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:

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

Private Ardell H. Larson

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: June 29, 1952 / Age: 20

Died in service in Ft Lee, Virgina 

Private Curtis M. Rasmusson

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

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

Died in service in Korea

Corporal Ruben Wahl

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

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

Died in service in Ft Campbell, Kentucky

Technical Sergeant Melvin E. Sarkilahti

Korean War, World War II (WWII)

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.