Kenneth Wayne Hendrickson, age 41, from Bismarck, North Dakota, Burleigh county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 957Th Engineer Company ( Multirole), 34 Infantry Division, Bismarck, Nd 58502
Date of death: Saturday, January 24, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Fallujah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Harold Gottlieb Albrecht from Bismark, North Dakota, Burleigh county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Monday, December 18, 1944
Death details: He was aboard the destroyer USS Hull as it operated as part of the Fast Carrier Strike Force in the Philippine Sea. On December 17, 1944, the Hull was participating in refueling operations when the ships of its fueling group were engulfed by Typhoon Cobra. The Hull lost its ability to steer amid the enormous waves and began taking on water. The Hull eventually took on too much water to stay afloat and rolled and sank shortly before noon, on December 18. Sixty-two crew members were rescued, but a little more than two-hundred crew members were lost in the sinking.
Cemetery: Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Emil Schadler from Burleigh County Bismark, North Dakota .
Spouse: Married
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Thursday, October 15, 1942
Death details: On October 15, 1942, he was in a U.S. convoy of six ships that was towing barges loaded with urgently needed supplies toward Guadalcanal. The American forces on that island were in dire need of resupply. When the convoy was spotted by enemy aircraft, all but two ships withdrew from the area. The two ships that pressed on were the USS Meredith (DD-434,) a destroyer, and the USS Vireo (AM-54,) a lightly armed towing vessel. Upon receiving word that Japanese surface warships were operating in the area, both ships were forced to turn back from their mission. Because of its age and slow speed, Vireo was abandoned, and the crew taken aboard the Meredith. Within minutes, the Meredith was attacked by a large force of enemy aircraft. The destroyer sustained multiple bomb and torpedo hits and quickly sank. The survivors spent three days at sea before being rescued. The majority of the crews of both ships was killed in the incident.
Source: Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, The Forum (1943, 1944)
Paul James Register, age 42, from Bismark, North Dakota, Burleigh county.
Spouse: Paul J. Register
Service era: World War II
Schools: United State Naval Academy at Annapolis (1920)
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona. Remains not recovered.
Source: National Archives, Bismark Tribune (1941)