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Korean War

1952

Private Alfred A. Loken

McKenzie County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 179th Infantry Regiment

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

Date of Loss: December 25, 1952 / Age:

1952

2nd Lieutenant Robert A. Moe

Korean War

Branch of Service: Air Force

Date of Loss: December 11, 1952 / Age: 22

Died in service in Holopaw, Florida

1952

Corporal Ruben Wahl

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: November 14, 1952 / Age: 24

Died in service in Ft Campbell, Kentucky

1952

Airman 1st Class Beryl D. Maas

Korean War

Branch of Service: Air Force

Date of Loss: November 11, 1952 / Age: 19

Died in service in England

1952

Private First Class Keith Robert Bayley

Page, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Weapons Company

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

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 7th Marine Regiment

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

Date of Loss: October 27, 1952 / Age: 23

1952

Private First Class Nickolaus Kuntz

Grant County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 160th Infantry Regiment

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

Date of Loss: October 22, 1952 / Age:

1952

Private Carl J. Bichler

Pierce County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 17th Infantry Regiment

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

Date of Loss: October 20, 1952 / Age:

Killed in Action

1952

Sergeant Luverne C. Prescott

Walsh County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 17th Infantry Regiment

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

Date of Loss: October 18, 1952 / Age:

1952

Technical Sergeant Melvin E. Sarkilahti

Korean War, World War II

Branch of Service: Air Force

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

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 502nd Tactical Control Group

Date of Loss: October 16, 1952 / Age: 26

Just after midnight on October 16, 1952, a C-46 Commando (tail number 44-77538) carrying four crew members and twenty-one passengers departed Kangnung Air Base for a night courier flight to Pohang Air Base.