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Korean War

1951

Corporal Edward G. Lovejoy

Williams County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: Division Artillery

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

Date of Loss: April 05, 1951 / Age:

1951

Corporal Clarence E. Opperud

Divide County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 27th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 25th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: April 04, 1951 / Age: 23

1951

Corporal Russell D. Peterson

Nelson County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: C Company

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 7th Cavalry Regiment

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

Date of Loss: March 12, 1951 / Age: 23

1951

Private First Class Eugene J. Praska

Dickey County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 32d Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 7th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: March 11, 1951 / Age:

1951

Private First Class Gene F. Klos

Mercer County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 35th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 25th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: March 07, 1951 / Age:

1951

Private First Class Vernon Lloyd Brokke

Reynolds, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Marines

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

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

Date of Loss: March 04, 1951 / Age: 20

1951

Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Melvin G. McNea

Korean War

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: March 02, 1951 / Age: 20

Killed in action in Korea

1951

Private LaVern L. Nogosek

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 180th Infantry Regiment

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

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

Died in service in Sioux City, Iowa

1951

Private Norval Rommesmo

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: February 16, 1951 / Age: 23

Died in service in Columbus, Indiana

1951

Corporal Kenneth Hefta

Traill County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 9th Infantry Regiment

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

Private First Class Marvin W. Pederson

McLean County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 23rd Infantry Regiment

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

Date of Loss: February 14, 1951 / Age:

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.