State Heroes

Corporal Leonard E. Aarons

Dickey County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 14th Infantry Regiment

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

Date of Loss: May 02, 1953 / Age:

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, 1st Marines

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

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

Private Donald O. Thompson

Burke County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 31st Infantry Regiment

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

Date of Loss: April 17, 1953 / Age:

Private William R. Magyar

Stark County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 31st Infantry Regiment

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

Date of Loss: March 23, 1953 / Age:

Master Sergeant James K. Dionne

Grand Forks, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 32d Infantry Regiment

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

Date of Loss: March 23, 1953 / Age:

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.

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

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, 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.

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

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:

Private Alfred A. Loken

McKenzie County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 179th Infantry Regiment

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

Date of Loss: December 25, 1952 / Age:

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, 7th Marines

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

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

Private First Class Nickolaus Kuntz

Grant County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 160th Infantry Regiment

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

Date of Loss: October 22, 1952 / Age:

Private Carl J. Bichler

Pierce County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 17th Infantry Regiment

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

Date of Loss: October 20, 1952 / Age:

Killed in Action

Sergeant Luverne C. Prescott

Walsh County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 17th Infantry Regiment

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

Date of Loss: October 18, 1952 / Age: