State Heroes

1953

2nd Lieutenant Wallace S. Butler Jr.

Grand Forks, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: A Company

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

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 1st Marine Regiment

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

Date of Loss: April 19, 1953 / Age: 22

1953

Private Donald O. Thompson

Burke County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 31st Infantry Regiment

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

Date of Loss: April 17, 1953 / Age:

1953

Private William R. Magyar

Stark County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 31st Infantry Regiment

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

Date of Loss: March 23, 1953 / Age:

1953

Master Sergeant James K. Dionne

Grand Forks, 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 23, 1953 / Age:

1953

Private First Class Harold Raymond Wallender

Hazen, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 76th Engineer Construction Battalion

Date of Loss: March 21, 1953 / Age:

The brakes on his grader failed and it crashed into a bulldozer. He was taken to the 121st Evacuation Hospital where he died.

1953

Private James D. Mammel

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: March 10, 1953 / Age: 21

Died in service in Ellendale, ND

1953

Corporal Gerald Joseph Day

New Rockford, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Recon Company

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

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

Date of Loss: February 28, 1953 / Age: 20

1953

First Lieutenant Thomas W. Benson

Korean War

Branch of Service: Air Force

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 38th Infantry Regiment

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

Date of Loss: February 26, 1953 / Age: 25

Killed in action in Korea

1953

Private First Class Arnold J. Houdek

Grafton, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Battalion

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 9th Infantry Regiment

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

Date of Loss: February 19, 1953 / Age: 22

He was Killed in Action while on patrol in the "Little Gibraltar" area of North Korea.

1953

2nd Lieutenant Raymond H. Palon Jr.

Korean War

Branch of Service: Air Force

Date of Loss: February 17, 1953 / Age: 22

Died in service in Grand Marias, Minnesota

1953

Seaman Apprentice Gilbert B. Volk

Korean War

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: January 28, 1953 / Age: 19

Died in service in Oakland, California 

1953

Private First Class Herbert Avery

Watford City, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 140th Medium Tank Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 40th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: January 19, 1953 / Age: 23

1953

Sergeant First Class Ingvald O. Nelson

Korean War, World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: January 01, 1953 / Age: 38

Died in service in Snyder, Oklahoma

1952

Private First Class Donald M. Leonhard

Morton County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery B

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 37th Field Artillery Battalion

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

Date of Loss: December 26, 1952 / Age:

1953

Private First Class James P. Laughy

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 3rd Battalion

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 5th Marine Regiment

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

Date of Loss: February 27, 1953 / Age: 22

Private First Class Laughy was a member of the 1st Marine Division. He was Wounded in Action while fighting the enemy in Korea and died of those wounds on February 27, 1953.