Perham to rename post office for fallen Chief Warrant Officer who was killed in 2019 helicopter crash near St. Cloud

Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) – The Perham Post Office will be holding a renaming ceremony on Friday to honor fallen Chief Warrant Officer 2 Charles P. Nord, who was killed in a 2019 National Guard helicopter crash near St. Cloud.

Nord was born in Breckenridge, Minn., in 1989 and grew up on his family’s dairy farm where he worked alongside his father and grandfather.

After high school, Nord joined the National Guard as a tank crew member and, eventually, advancing to the rank of staff sergeant.

Nord was accepted into the Warrant Officer training program in 2015 and attended helicopter flying school in Alabama. He was eventually promoted to the rank of Chief Warrant Officer 2. In 2019, Nord moved Perham with his family.

The helicopter crash near St. Cloud also claimed the lives of Chief Warrant Officer 2 James Rodgers Jr. And Warrant Officer Candidate Kort Plantenberg after experiencing a mid-flight mechanical failure.

The post office dedication for Nord will also feature members of his family, representatives for Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach and Senator Amy Klobuchar and Angela Bye, the North Dakota District Manager for the United State Postal Service.

The ceremony begins on Friday, Nov. 17 at 1 p.m. at the Perham Post Office on 3rd Avenue.