State Heroes Total:
3931
Service Branch

Korean War

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

Thomas J. Olson photo 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

Phillip W. Rydberg photo 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

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

Fred Beecher Sayre photo 1951

Private Fred Beecher Sayre

Traill County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:24th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: April 27, 1951 / Age:

He was captured during the Korean War and interned as a Prisoner of War. He was not among those returned at the wars end, and is listed as Missing in Action. His remains have never been recovered.

Robert H. Ortloff photo 1951

Corporal Robert H. Ortloff

Mountrail County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: June 01, 1951 / Age:

Leo F. Braunagel photo 1951

2nd Lieutenant Leo F. Braunagel

Korean War

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:97th Bomber Group

Date of Loss: February 03, 1951 / Age:

Killed in Action Bassingbourn England. USAF.

Buried in plot 55 Grave 1 Section B St. Cecilia Cemetery Harvey ND

Name is not on Korean War Memorial in DC

William Brian Lourim photo 1951

Sergeant William Brian Lourim

Fargo, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A

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

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

Date of Loss: June 10, 1951 / Age: 32

Donald D. Misemer photo 1951

Private Donald D. Misemer

Williams County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:5th Infantry Regiment Combat Team

Date of Loss: August 03, 1951 / Age:

Edward G. Taasevigen photo 1951

Private First Class Edward G. Taasevigen

Korean War

Branch of Service: Marines

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

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

Date of Loss: September 16, 1951 / Age:

He was killed in action during an assault in Inchon, South Korea

Wallace G. McLean photo 1951

Sergeant Wallace G. McLean

Korean War

Branch of Service: Air Force

Date of Loss: October 13, 1951 / Age: 22

Died in service in Bossier City, Louisiana

Richard Lloyd Robison photo 1951

Private First Class Richard Lloyd Robison

Killdeer, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:3rd Battalion, 7th Marines

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

Date of Loss: September 25, 1951 / Age: 21

He was seriously wounded while attacking "Yoke Ridge" just west of Hill 924 and above the "Punch Bowl" to create the new "Hays Line" in North Korea. 

LaVern L. Nogosek photo 1951

Private LaVern L. Nogosek

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: March 02, 1951 / Age: 24

Died in service in Sioux City, Iowa

Raymond S. Porter photo 1951

Corporal Raymond S. Porter

Morton County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: F Company

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:2d Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment

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

Date of Loss: October 10, 1951 / Age:

Martin M. Lund photo 1951

Sergeant Martin M. Lund

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: September 23, 1951 / Age: 20

Died in service in Elizabethtown, Kentucky