State Heroes
Korean War
1952
Private Donald L. Monson
Walsh County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 180th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 45th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: September 26, 1952 / Age:
1952
Corporal James B. Nehowig
Fargo, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 38th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 2nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: September 20, 1952 / Age:
He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy at "Old Baldy", North Korea on September 20, 1952.
1952
Sergeant Jasper Young Bear
McLean County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 38th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 2nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: September 18, 1952 / Age: 22
1952
Airman 3rd Class Herman W. Lunde
Branch of Service: Air Force
Date of Loss: September 11, 1952 / Age: 21
Died in service in Chillicothe, Ohio
1952
Private Curtis M. Rasmusson
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: September 05, 1952 / Age: 20
Died in service in Korea
1952
Private Edward Schafer
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: August 24, 1952 / Age: 23
Died in service in Lebanon, Missouri
1952
Private Henry R. Privratsky
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: August 21, 1952 / Age: 21
Died in service in Austin, Texas
1952
Private Alton Elmer Graf
Kintyre, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Battalion, 279th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 45th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: August 18, 1952 / Age: 22
He was listed as Missing in Action when carried away by a flash flood while crossing the river near Inje, North Korea on August 18, 1952 and was presumed dead on December 31, 1953.
1952
Private Second Class Roy Vernon Schlenker
Montpelier, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Clearing Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 3rd Medical Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 3rd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: August 14, 1952 / Age: 21
He drowned while swimming in the Han-Tan River near Chong-Gong-ni, North Korea.
1952
Airman 3rd Class Leore J. Kowarsch
Branch of Service: Air Force
Date of Loss: August 09, 1952 / Age: 20
Died in service in Mobile, Alabama in a car accident
1952
Private First Class Allen Gene Stenerson
Park River, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Marines
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Marine Division
Date of Loss: August 09, 1952 / Age: 23
1952
Sergeant First Class Duane E. Kent
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 15th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 3rd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 31, 1952 / Age: 21
Killed in action while fighting the enemy in North Korea.
1952
Petty Officer 3rd Class Harlan Gay Goodroad
Jamestown, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Patrol Squadron 731, USS Onslow
Date of Loss: July 31, 1952 / Age: 25
His aircraft was on routine patrol out of Iwakuni, Japan over the Yellow Sea, when it was attacked by Chinese fighters and crashed.
1952
Sergeant Ellis R. Nell
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 18th Engineers Combat Battalion
Date of Loss: July 29, 1952 / Age: 21
Died in service in Germany
1952
Private First Class Harold Kvam
Williams County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 7th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 3rd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 26, 1952 / Age: