06/17/2026
An honorable es**rt will be provided for one of our nation's heroes. Please be patient as several citizens pay their respects to one of our fallen🇺🇸.
June 18 and 20, the North Dakota State Patrol and many law enforcement partners will assist with processions honoring Staff Sergeant Irvin Ellingson, a North Dakota airman and World War II prisoner of war whose remains were identified in 2025, more than 80 years after his death.
Staff Sergeant Ellingson was aboard a B-29 Superfortress when it was shot down over Japan in 1945. He survived the crash, was taken prisoner, and died later that year while in captivity. Thanks to the efforts of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, he is finally coming home.
On Thursday, June 18, a procession will depart the Fargo Air Museum at 2 p.m. and travel north on Interstate 29 to Grand Forks. Additional es**rts will occur in Grand Forks following a 4 p.m. Celebration of Life at Veterans Memorial Park.
On Saturday, June 20, a funeral procession will depart Grand Forks at 9 a.m. and travel to Dahlen.
Motorists should expect temporary traffic delays in the Fargo and Grand Forks areas and along portions of I-29. We thank the public for their patience as Staff Sergeant Ellingson is es**rted home with the dignity and honor he earned through his service and sacrifice.
Welcome home, Staff Sergeant Ellingson.
https://www.amundsonfuneralhome.com/obituaries/ssgt-irvin-ellingson
