State Heroes
Iraq (OIF/OND/OIR)
2004
Staff Sergeant Lance J. Koenig
Fargo, ND
Iraq (OIF/OND/OIR)
Branch of Service: National Guard
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 141st Engineer Battalion
Date of Loss: September 22, 2004 / Age: 33
Killed Sept. 22 when an improvised explosive device detonated while he was conducting a dismounted patrol in Tikrit, Iraq.
2004
Specialist Philip D. Brown
Jamestown, ND
Iraq (OIF/OND/OIR)
Branch of Service: National Guard
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 141st Engineer Battalion
Date of Loss: May 08, 2004 / Age: 21
Died May 8 in Balad, Iraq, from injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device went off west of Samarra, Iraq.
2004
Specialist James J. Holmes
East Grand Forks, MN
Iraq (OIF/OND/OIR)
Branch of Service: National Guard
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: C Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 141st Engineer Battalion
Date of Loss: May 08, 2004 / Age: 28
Holmes died in Landstuhl, Germany, from injuries sustained in Iraq on May 3, 2004 when an improvised explosive device detonated near the driver side of his military vehicle.
2004
Sergeant Keith L. Smette
Fargo, ND
Iraq (OIF/OND/OIR)
Branch of Service: National Guard
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 957th Engineer Company
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 130th Engineer Brigade
Date of Loss: January 24, 2004 / Age: 25
Died Jan. 24 when his convoy was attacked by an improvised explosive device north of Fallujah, Iraq.
2004
Staff Sergeant Kenneth W. Hendrickson
Bismarck, ND
Iraq (OIF/OND/OIR)
Branch of Service: National Guard
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 957th Engineer Company
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 130th Engineer Brigade
Date of Loss: January 24, 2004 / Age: 41
Died Jan. 24 when his convoy was attacked by an improvised explosive device north of Fallujah, Iraq.
2003
Sergeant Thomas J. Sweet II
Bismarck, ND
Iraq (OIF/OND/OIR)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 5th Field Artillery Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 27, 2003 / Age: 23
Died of non-combat related injuries Nov. 27 in Junction City, Iraq.
2003
Private First Class Sheldon Hawk Eagle
Grand Forks, ND
Iraq (OIF/OND/OIR)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 320th Field Artillery
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)
Date of Loss: November 15, 2003 / Age: 21
Killed Nov. 15 when two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters crashed in Mosul, Iraq.
2003
Specialist Jon P. Fettig
Dickinson, ND
Iraq (OIF/OND/OIR)
Branch of Service: National Guard
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 957th Engineer Company
Date of Loss: July 22, 2003 / Age: 30
Died July 22, 2003 when the truck he was in was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade near Ramadi, Iraq, on July 22, 2003.
Korean War
1954
Private First Class Chester G. Klepetka
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: June 04, 1954 / Age: 25
Died in service in Hankinson, ND
1954
Private First Class Noel S. Ness
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: May 07, 1954 / Age: 22
Died in service in Korea
1954
Private Gordon E. Miller
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: April 25, 1954 / Age: 21
Died in service in Minneapolis, MN
1953
Private First Class John Joseph Doyle Jr.
Valley City, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 5th Infantry Regiment Combat Team
Date of Loss: August 11, 1953 / Age: 21
Non-hostile death.
1953
Private George E. Keller
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: July 31, 1953 / Age: 22
Died in service at Ft Leonard Wood, MO
1953
Private First Class Delbert R. Kamphaug
Hatton, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Weapons Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 3rd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 1st Marine Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Marine Division
Date of Loss: July 26, 1953 / Age: 20
1953
Sergeant First Class Orlin K. Hagen
Traill County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 48th Field Artillery Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 7th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 07, 1953 / Age: 32