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Kvernes, Roger Wendell
Army Lieutenant colonel

Roger Wendell Kvernes, age 39, from South Dakota, Miner county.

Parents: Agnes Kvernes

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Friday, January 2, 1970
Death details: Killed in Vietnam whil aboard an aircraft that crashed and burned
Cemetery: National Cemetery in Hawaii

Source: National Archives., Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Sioux Falls Arges Leader (1970)

Erikson, Roland Dewitt
Navy Reserves Seaman 1st class

Roland Dewitt Erikson, age 22, from Canova, South Dakota, Miner county.

Parents: Erik Erikson (died February 6, 1940) and Hilma Josephenia Erikson

Service era: World War II
Military history: Entered Navy in 1942. Purple Heart

Date of death: Tuesday, November 7, 1944
Death details: Lost in action in the South Pacific
Cemetery: Memorialized in Black Hills National

Source: Grave marker; Chamberlain Middle School in South Dakota

Bradbury, Thomas Morgan
Navy Reserves Hospital apprentice 1st class

Thomas Morgan Bradbury, age 26, from Howard, South Dakota, Miner county.

Service era: World War II
Military history: United States Naval Reserve; Purple Heart

Date of death: Wednesday, November 24, 1943
Cemetery: Memorialized in Black Hills National; Honolulu Memorial

Source: National Archives, grave marker, American Battle Monuments Commission

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