MIA
Desert Storm
![Jeffry Jon Olson photo](/sites/www/files/styles/image_original/public/documents/person/Jeffry%2520J%2520Olson%2520%2528Gulf%2520War%2529.jpg?itok=-ks5IKny&cb=bba716f1&cb=bba716f1)
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
![Harry James Barth photo](/sites/www/files/styles/image_original/public/documents/person/Barth_Harry.jpg?itok=dWC03VlY&cb=2c48653d&cb=2c48653d)
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.
![Boyd Laverne Jothen photo](/sites/www/files/styles/image_original/public/documents/person/pow-mia_12.jpg?itok=ISeTf4_e&cb=fd48a8db&cb=fd48a8db)
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
![Carl Edward Soreide photo](/sites/www/files/styles/image_original/public/documents/person/pow-mia_12.jpg?itok=ISeTf4_e&cb=fd48a8db&cb=fd48a8db)
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.
![Alton Elmer Graf photo](/sites/www/files/styles/image_original/public/documents/person/pow-mia_12.jpg?itok=ISeTf4_e&cb=fd48a8db&cb=fd48a8db)
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.
![Cecil William Brandsted photo](/sites/www/files/styles/image_original/public/documents/person/Brandsted_William.jpg?itok=6akrzhTR&cb=69f0229e&cb=69f0229e)
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.
![William Sproat Smith Jr. photo](/sites/www/files/styles/image_original/public/documents/person/pow-mia_12.jpg?itok=ISeTf4_e&cb=fd48a8db&cb=fd48a8db)
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.
![Edmund John Bergum photo](/sites/www/files/styles/image_original/public/documents/person/Bergum_Edmund.jpg?itok=ackFmJQ7&cb=27796d9a&cb=27796d9a)
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.
![Mojmir Peter Ficek photo](/sites/www/files/styles/image_original/public/documents/person/pow-mia_12.jpg?itok=ISeTf4_e&cb=fd48a8db&cb=fd48a8db)
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:
![Jacob William Allmaras photo](/sites/www/files/styles/image_original/public/documents/person/Allmaras_Jacob.jpg?itok=FgTlR0gr&cb=9a31665d&cb=9a31665d)
Corporal Jacob William Allmaras
New Rockford, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:3rd Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:2nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: May 13, 1951 / Age: 27
He was seriously wounded by the enemy during an attack at "Line Idaho", South Korea on March 15, 1951 and returned to duty on March 19, 1951.
![Dennis Harold Brady photo](/sites/www/files/styles/image_original/public/documents/person/pow-mia_12.jpg?itok=ISeTf4_e&cb=fd48a8db&cb=fd48a8db)
Corporal Dennis Harold Brady
Eddy County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:2nd Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:2nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: May 17, 1951 / Age: 19
He was listed as Missing in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea on May 17, 1951 and was presumed dead on December 31, 1953.
![Charles Herbert Blomberg photo](/sites/www/files/styles/image_original/public/documents/person/pow-mia_12.jpg?itok=ISeTf4_e&cb=fd48a8db&cb=fd48a8db)
1st Lieutenant Charles Herbert Blomberg
Dickinson, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:36th Fighter Bomber Squadron
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:8th Fighter Bomber Group
Date of Loss: July 01, 1951 / Age: 22
While on a combat mission, his aircraft received a direct hit by anti-aircraft fire, exploded in mid-air and crashed. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on December 31, 1953.
![Clifford T. Gilstad photo](/sites/www/files/styles/image_original/public/documents/person/pow-mia_12.jpg?itok=ISeTf4_e&cb=fd48a8db&cb=fd48a8db)
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.
![Allen Lyle Mettler photo](/sites/www/files/styles/image_original/public/documents/person/korean-war-memorial.jpg?itok=AwKmp2H1&cb=608ce867&cb=608ce867)
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.
![Kenneth Hefta photo](/sites/www/files/styles/image_original/public/documents/person/pow-mia_12.jpg?itok=ISeTf4_e&cb=fd48a8db&cb=fd48a8db)
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.