State Heroes
World War I
1918
Albert Nansen Olson
Dazey, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery C, 42nd Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried at Dazey, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Sivert Olson
Cooperstown, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 110th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 27, 1918 / Age: 32
Killed in action on Sept. 27, 1918.
Buried in Grave 11, Row 10, Block B, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Knute Olson
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: March 01, 1918 / Age: 33
Killed in action on March 1, 1918.
Buried in Grave 23, Row 14, 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
Albert Olson
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 128th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Oct. 12, 1918.
Buried in Grave 28, Row 22, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Cornelous Olson
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 70th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 33
Died of broncho pneumonia on Oct. 13, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2410 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Olaf Edward Olson
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 322nd Infantry
Date of Loss: November 10, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Nov. 10, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on May 3, 1922, and buried in Grave 4427, European Section, Arlington National Cemetery, Va.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Emil Sigfrid Olson
Bergen, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery C, 338th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: May 03, 1918 / Age: 23
Died at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on May 3, 1918.
Buried at Bergen, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Alfred A. Olson
Hatton, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 39th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action, on Sept. 29, 1918.
Buried in Grave 34, Row 33, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Gilford Oliver Olson
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 22nd Company, 6th Battalion, 160th Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 18, 1918 / Age: 21
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 18, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2415 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Oliver Mitchel Omlie
Grafton, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 42nd Company, 11th Battalion, 160th Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 25
Died at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 6, 1918, of pneumonia.
Burial, Grafton, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Sigval Opdahl
Sheldon, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 348th Infantry
Date of Loss: January 09, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of broncho pneumonia, at Camp Pike, Ark., on Jan. 9, 1918.
Buried at Sheldon, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Lars Helgeson Opedal
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 33rd Company, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 29
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 7, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2442 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1919
Wagoner Einar E. Orbom
St. Paul, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Field Hospital No. 41
Date of Loss: February 06, 1919 / Age: 23
Died on Feb. 6, 1919, of pneumonia.
Buried, Grave 31, Row 14, Block H, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
John Oscar
Jerseyville, ILWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 307th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 28
Killed in action on Oct. 4, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 14, 1921, and buried in Grave 3528, European Section, Arlington National Cemetery, Va.
WWI Student Army Training Corps
1918
Private Edmond Orning
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps UND Grand Forks ND
Date of Loss: October 31, 1918 / Age: 21
Died while serving as a member of the Student Army Training Corps  on the UND campus in Grand Forks during the 1918 flu pandemic. Name included on the UND S.A.T.C. website