Bismarck North Dakota

Orgaard, Tyler J.
Army Specialist

Tyler J. Orgaard, age 20, from Bismarck, North Dakota.

Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 818th Engineeer Company, 164th Engineer Battalion, Williston, North Dakota.

Date of death: Monday, December 3, 2012
Death details: Died in Lashkar Gah City, Helmand Province, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. Sgt. 1st Class Darren M. Linde was also killed.

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Mehrer, Curtis Robert
Army Corporal

Curtis Robert Mehrer, age 21, from Bismarck, North Dakota, Burleigh county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: Battery A, 1St Bn, 188Th Air Defense Artillery, (Tf Vigilant), Grand Forks, North Dakota

Date of death: Tuesday, June 6, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Khogyani, Afghanistan

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

VanZoest, Travis Allen
Army Sergeant

Travis Allen VanZoest, age 21, from Bismarck, North Dakota, Burleigh county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: Battery A, 1St Bn, 188Th Air Defense Artillery, (Tf Vigilant), Grand Forks, North Dakota

Date of death: Tuesday, June 6, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Khogyani, Afghanistan

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Monroe, Anthony William
Army Specialist

Anthony William Monroe, age 20, from Bismarck, North Dakota, Burleigh county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhb, Division Artillery, 1St Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas

Date of death: Monday, October 11, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Sweet, Thomas John II
Army Sergeant

Thomas John Sweet II, age 23, from Bismarck, North Dakota, Burleigh county.

Parents: Liz Sweet

Service era: Iraq
Military history: Service Battery 1St Battalion 5Th Field Artillery, Fort Riley, Ks 66442

Date of death: Thursday, November 27, 2003
Death details: Junction City, Iraq. Died at his barracks from a gunshot wound to the head.

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Ressler, Jerome Frederick
Coast Guard Electronic technician 1

Jerome Frederick Ressler, age 28, from Bismarck, North Dakota, Burleigh county.

Service era: Cold War

Date of death: Monday, January 28, 1980
Death details: Among the 23 who died when the Coast Guard Cutter Blackthorn collided with a tanker near the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Tampa Bay in Florida.
Cemetery: Arlington National

Source: United State Coast Guard, Tampa Bay Times (1980), findagrave.com

Maier, Glenn Ervin
Navy Fireman

Glenn Ervin Maier, age 20, from Bismarck, North Dakota, Burleigh county.

Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Tracy

Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Bismarck High (1968, Bismarck Junior College

Date of death: Saturday, July 11, 1970
Death details: Drowned while on duty in Vietnam.

Source: National Archives, Bismarck Tribune

Mesloh, Lloyd L.
Army Sergeant

Lloyd L. Mesloh from Bismarck, North Dakota, Burleigh county.

Service era: Korea

Date of death: Sunday, January 12, 1958
Death details: Killed in a tank accident in Seoul. He was trapped inside the tank when it overturned and caught fire while proceeding down a hill to a firing range.

Source: UP (1957)

Mesloh, Lloyd L.
Army Sergeant

Lloyd L. Mesloh, age 26, from Bismarck, North Dakota, Burleigh county.

Service era: Korea

Date of death: Sunday, January 12, 1958
Death details: Killed in a tank accident in Seoul. He was trapped inside the tank when it overturned and caught fire while proceeding down a hill to a firing range.

Source: UP (1957)

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