State Heroes
World War I
1918
James Meheles
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on Oct. 5, 1918.
Buried in Grave 23, Row 5, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Fred Meidinger
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, Development Battalion No. 1
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 11, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2127 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
PFC Joseph Francis Melary
Hettinger, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 305th Infantry
Date of Loss: November 08, 1918 / Age: 27
Killed in action on Nov. 8, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on April 5, 1921, and buried at Hettinger, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Ludvig Gerhard Meling
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 28th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 28
Killed in action on Oct. 4, 1918.
Grave Unlocated.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1921
Oscar Melsted
Gardar, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Date of Loss: October 11, 1921 / Age: 23
Died from accident in old wound, on Oct. 11, 1921.
Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
William Melum
Amherst Junction, WIWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Medical Department
Date of Loss: October 03, 1918 / Age: 28
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 3, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2136 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Richard Mettler
Freeman, SDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 306th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on Oct. 1, 1918.
Buried in Grave 33, Row 42, Block G, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Edward Metzger
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery F, 339th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 29, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 29, 1918.
Buried, Grave 19, Row 7, Block B, Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
George W. Mew
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 139th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 27, 1918 / Age: 31
Killed in action on Sept. 27, 1918.
Buried in Grave 12, Row 12, Block G, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Frank Midak
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: March 01, 1918 / Age: 21
Killed in action on March 1, 1918.
Buried in Grave 29, Row 7, Block B, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. John Francis Middleton
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 18, 1918 / Age: 29
Killed in action on July 18, 1918.
Returned to U. S. Nov. 28, 1921. Buried, Grave 3872, European Section, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Martin J Mikkelson
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 14th Trench Mortar Battery
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 6, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2156 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
William Albert Milkey
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 140th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action in Meuse-Argonne, on Sept. 26, 1918.
Buried in Grave 24, Row 25, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Edward Alfred Miller
Sanger, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 110th Engineers
Date of Loss: September 15, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of brain abscess, on Sept. 15, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 31, 1921, and buried in Grave 3817, European Section, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
Private Dan Walter Miller
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 16th Infantry Regiment
Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to discharge. Wounded, severely, July 19, 1918. Engagements: Offensive: Aisne-Marne. Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy)