FALLEN
Korean War
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 Edward Schafer
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: August 24, 1952 / Age: 23
Died in service in Lebanon, Missouri
1952
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
1952
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
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:
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:
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.
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.
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
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.
1952
Private Curtis M. Rasmusson
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: September 05, 1952 / Age: 20
Died in service in Korea
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
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
Korean War, World War II (WWII)
1952
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.
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