MIA
Korean War
1st Lieutenant Robert Gerard Schmitt
Sykeston, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:3rd Battalion, 31st Regimental Combat Team
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:7th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 01, 1950 / Age: 27
"Wounded in both legs and wearing a U.S. Army field coat peppered with bullet holes, 1st Lt. Robert Schmitt led a desperate U.S. hilltop assault against advancing Chinese forces in one of the bloodiest battles of the Korean War. He never returned."
Corporal Walter W. Warnke
Grand Forks County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: K Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:3rd Battalion, 38th Regimental Combat Team
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:2nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 09, 1950 / Age:
Remains have not been recovered.
Private Joseph K. Meyer
Wahpeton, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: K Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:3rd Battalion, 31st Regimental Combat Team
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:7th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 12, 1950 / Age: 18
Died due to intense enemy fire but his body was not recovered and was presumed dead Dec 31, 1953. His remains were discovered and identified in 2008. He was laid to rest on May 3rd, 2008.
Lebanon
Airman 1st Class Julius Joseph Rausch
Lebanon
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 43rd TRS Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron
Date of Loss: July 17, 1958 / Age: 23
On July 17, 1958 when the USAF B-66 Destroyer in which he was assigned as a gunner, in support of the Lebanon Conflict (July 1, 1958-November 1, 1958), ran out of fuel Airman First Class Rausch and two others parachuted out of the plane before it crash
Vietnam
Private First Class David Donald Berdahl
Minot, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: D Troop
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:3rd Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:101st Airborne Division (Airmobile)
Date of Loss: January 20, 1972 / Age: 19
In Quang Tri, South Vietnam
Hostile, died while missing, Helicopter - Crew
Air Loss, Crash on Land
Master Sergeant Merlyn Leroy Paulson
Fargo, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Air Force
Date of Loss: March 29, 1972 / Age: 38
Laos, Quang Nam province
Hostile, died while missing, Fixed Wing - Crew
Air Loss, Crash on Land
1st Lieutenant Byron Kent Kulland
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Troop F
Date of Loss: April 02, 1972 / Age: 24
In Quang Tri, South Vietnam
Hostile, died while missing, Helicopter - Pilot Air Loss, Crash on Land
Lieutenant Colonel James Alan Fowler
Bismarck, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:523rd Tactical Fighter Squadron
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:405th Tactical Fighter Wing
Date of Loss: June 06, 1972 / Age: 41
In North Vietnam
Hostile, died while missing, Fixed Wing - Pilot
Air Loss, Crash on Land
From DPAA:
Staff Sergeant Deland Dwight Zubke
Grassy Butte, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: B Battery
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:7th Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:7th Cavalry Division
Date of Loss: March 01, 1971 / Age: 26
In Kontum, South Vietnam
Hostile, died while missing, Ground Casualty
Declared deceased Oct 5, 1978
From DPAA:
Colonel Wendell Richard Keller
Fargo, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:433rd Tactical Figher Squadron
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:7th Air Force
Date of Loss: March 01, 1969 / Age: 40
On March 1, 1969, Keller and Meroney were the crew of an F-4D Phantom II aircraft that crashed while carrying out a nighttime strike mission in Khammouan Province, Laos. Nearby U.S. aircrews reported seeing the aircraft hit by enemy fire.
Aviation Machinist's Mate Petty Officer 2nd Class Chester Leroy Coons
Bismarck, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Navy
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:Observation Squadron 67
Date of Loss: February 17, 1968 / Age: 31
In LZ, LAOS
Hostile, died while missing, FIXED WING - CREW
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND
Major Ronald Dale Bond
Fargo, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:604th Air Commando Squadron
Date of Loss: March 11, 1968 / Age: 37
From DPAA:
Major Thomas John Beyer
Fargo, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:20th Tactical Air Support Squadron
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:7th Air Force
Date of Loss: July 30, 1968 / Age: 27
In QUANG TIN, SOUTH VIETNAM Hostile, died while missing, FIXED WING - PILOT AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND. Listed as deceased 05/02/1978.