MIA
1941
Private Erwin Friedrich Wolff
Wishek, ND
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:12th Bomber Squadron
Date of Loss: March 16, 1941 / Age:
Drowned in the Atlantic Ocean.
Desert Storm
1991
Captain Jeffry Jon Olson
Grand Forks, ND
Desert Storm
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:340th Bomber Squadron
Date of Loss: February 03, 1991 / Age: 28
Died while on a bombing mission in support of Operation Desert Storm.
Korean War
1953
Private First Class Harry James Barth
Almont, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery C
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:235th Field Artillery Observation Battalion
Date of Loss: June 11, 1953 / Age: 20
Listed as Missing in Action, while assigned to an observation post near Sok Chang-Ni N. Korea, which had been subjected to heavy mortar & artillery barrages. On June 11, 1953, his status was changed to Killed in Action Remains Not Recovered.
1952
Captain Cecil William Brandsted
Amenia, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:730th Bomber Squadron
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:452nd Bomber Wing
Date of Loss: March 22, 1952 / Age: 30
While on an armed reconnaissance near Kangdong, contact was lost with the aircraft. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on February 28, 1954.
1952
2nd Lieutenant William Sproat Smith Jr.
Carrington, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:8th Fighter-Bomber Squadron
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:49th Fighter-Bomber Group
Date of Loss: March 28, 1952 / Age: 24
While on a combat mission, his aircraft received a direct hit by anti-aircraft fire, crashed and exploded. His remains were never recovered.
1952
Private First Class Edmund John Bergum
Grand Forks County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Medical Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:160th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:40th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 14, 1952 / Age: 19
He was listed as Missing in Action while tending his wounded comrades in North Korea on June 14, 1952 and was presumed dead on December 31, 1953.
1952
Sergeant First Class Mojmir Peter Ficek
Dunn County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:179th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:45th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 28, 1952 / Age:
1952
Private First Class Boyd Laverne Jothen
Crosby, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: A Battery
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:54th Field Artillery Group
Date of Loss: July 19, 1952 / Age: 23
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.
1952
Private Alton Elmer Graf
Kintyre, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:2nd Battalion, 279th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:45th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: August 18, 1952 / Age: 22
He was listed as Missing in Action when carried away by a flash flood while crossing the river near Inje, North Korea on August 18, 1952 and was presumed dead on December 31, 1953.
1951
Private First Class Clifford T. Gilstad
McKenzie County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Medical Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:7th Cavalry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Cavalry Division
Date of Loss: November 10, 1951 / Age:
Killed in Action while tending his wounded comrades in North Korea on November 10, 1951. His remains were never recovered.
1951
Private First Class Allen Lyle Mettler
Drake, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: K Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:9th Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: February 12, 1951 / Age: 21
He was captured and unaccounted for when the war ended and was listed as Missing in Action. His remains were recovered, identified, and returned to the United Sates in 2006.
1951
Corporal Kenneth Hefta
Traill County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:2nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 14, 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.
1951
Sergeant First Class Donald Wayne Arneson
Hillsboro, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:1st Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:25th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 25, 1951 / Age: 29
He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea. His remains were never recovered.
Korean War, World War II
1952
Technical Sergeant Melvin E. Sarkilahti
Korean War, World War II
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.