State Heroes

1965

Captain Francis Edward Geiger

Dickinson, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 6250th Combat Support Squadron

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 6253rd Combat Support Group

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 13th Air Force

Date of Loss: July 23, 1965 / Age: 28

He was killed in action while in Kon Tum, South Vietnam while supporting US Marines in hostile action when the fixed wing plane he was piloting crashed on land.

1965

First Sergeant Erie Alexander Martin Jr.

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company

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

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 18th Infantry Regiment

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

Date of Loss: July 20, 1965 / Age: 39

Killed in action in Quang Nam, South Vietnam through hostile action. 

1965

Private First Class Terrance P. Klein

Vietnam

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 38th Infantry Regiment

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

Date of Loss: June 15, 1965 / Age: 23

Died while in service

1965

Staff Sergeant Zlatko Max Fakin

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: April 01, 1965 / Age: 30

On 1 April 1965, he was one of the advisors to the 52nd Vietnamese Ranger Battalion, serving with the Biet Dong Quan (BDQ) Advisory Team TD 41, Advisory Team 99, HQ, MACV Advisors, MACV.

1964

Major Virgil Raymond Greany

Rugby, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: September 25, 1964 / Age: 33

In Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) Quang Tin province, hostile, ground casualty, explosive device.

1964

Specialist 4 Virgil F. Schmidt

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: September 12, 1964 / Age: 21

Died while in service 

1959

Master Sergeant Chester Melvin Ovnand

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: July 08, 1959 / Age: 44

On the night of July 8, six of the men were in the mess hall watching a movie when Viet Cong terrorists attacked and opened fire. Major Buis and Sergeant Ovnand were killed along with two Vietnamese guards.

1943

Captain Walter W. Webster

World War I, World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: March 16, 1943 / Age: 54

Died in service in Chester, Pennsylvania

1943

1st Sergeant Earl O. Carlson

World War I, World War II

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company

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

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 4th Marine Regiment

Date of Loss: January 28, 1943 / Age: 47

Died in the Osaka Prison Camp

1925

Pvt.1st Class William Fidder

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard

Date of Loss: April 20, 1925 / Age: 34

Died at St. Cloud, Minn., in Veterans' Hospital, on April 20, 1925.

Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

1923

Pvt. Edwin Brendal

Starbuck, MN

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 164th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 09, 1923 / Age: 30

Died, Sept. 9, 1923, of pneumonia, at Dalton, Nebr.

Buried at Starbuck, Minn.

Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

1923

Pvt. Emanuel Knudtson

Washburn, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 128th Infantry

Date of Loss: January 15, 1923 / Age: 32

Died at the US Veterans Hospital, Minneapolis, Minn., on Jan. 15, 1923.

Buried at Washburn, N. Dak., Jan. 20, 1923.

Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

1922

Pvt.1st Class Albert Louis Smith

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Medical Department

Date of Loss: July 23, 1922 / Age: 22

Died at Edgeley, N. Dak., on July 23, 1922.

Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Information found in Volume 4, page 2997 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

1922

Sgt. Cyrus Daniel Sweeney

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Supply Company, 13th Infantry

Date of Loss: June 26, 1922 / Age: 31

Died of pneumonia on June 26, 1922, at Oroville, Wash.

Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

1922

Pvt. Fred Robert Ketcham

Havana, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 138th Infantry

Date of Loss: April 20, 1922 / Age: 28

Died at Englewood, Colo., on April 20, 1922.

Buried, Havana, N. Dak.

Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.