State Heroes
World War I
Jesse J. Phipps
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: December 09, 1917 / Age: 25
Died of pneumonia on Dec. 9, 1917.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2569 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Arthur H. Pierson
World War I
Date of Loss: November 11, 1918 / Age:
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information NOT found in the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Cpl. Clarence H. Pilbeam
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 19, 1918 / Age: 21
Killed in action on July 19, 1918.
Buried in Grave 30, Row 17, Block A, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Cpl. Ray Charles Pinkham
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Medical Detachment, 164th Ambulance Company, 116th Sanitary Train
Date of Loss: June 12, 1919 / Age: 29
Died of tuberculosis, on June 12, 1919.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2576 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
PFC Frank Jabez Piper
Ashley, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Evacuation Hospital No. 10
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 31
Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. Aug. 8, 1921, and buried at Ashley, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Melvin LeRoy Pippinger
Knapp, WIWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 138th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 30
Died Sept. 28, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried at Chateau Salvange, Rarecourt, France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 12, 1921, and buried in Teegard Cemetery, Knapp, Wis.
Joseph Pirkl
Owatonna, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 138th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 11, 1918 / Age: 29
Killed in action on July 11, 1918.
Buried, Grave 22, Row 26, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Leonard Andrew Poe
World War I
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill.
Date of Loss: September 22, 1918 / Age: 19
Died in Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill., on Sept. 22, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Charles Pokorny
Silver Lake, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 315th Engineers
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 1, 1921, and buried in Congregational Cemetery, Silver Lake, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Sgt. George A. Potel
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 16, 1918 / Age: 20
Died, Sept. 16, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 6, Row 3, Block C, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.
Cpl. Bert J. Potratz
Hillsboro, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 18, 1918 / Age: 20
Killed in action on July 18, 1918.
Place of burial unknown. Some place in France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Gunner's Mate 3c Harold Clark Potter
World War I
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Naval Hospital, Annapolis, Md.
Date of Loss: October 19, 1918 / Age: 24
Died at Naval Hospital, Annapolis, Md., on Oct. 19, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Pvt.1st Class Gordon Harold Powers
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Ordnance Repair Shops, Motor Transport Corps
Date of Loss: March 14, 1919 / Age: 23
Died of influenza on March 14, 1919.
Buried, Grave 28, Row 19, Block A, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Joseph Prchal
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 40th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of bronchial pneumonia on Oct. 7, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2603 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
William W Prelvitz
Hector, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 352nd Infantry
Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 30
Died of pneumonia at Base Hospital No. 1, Hericourt Haute, France, on Sept. 29, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. June 6, 1921, and buried in St. John's Cemetery, Hector, Minn.