State Heroes

Sgt. James Harold Riordan

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 269th Aero Squadron

Date of Loss: September 21, 1918 / Age: 23

Died of pneumonia, at St. Maxien, France, on Sept. 21, 1918.

Buried, St. Maxien, France. Reburied, Charles City, Iowa, Nov. 1, 1920.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Svend Risdahl

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery B, 338th Field Artillery

Date of Loss: March 18, 1918 / Age: 25

Died on March 18, 1918, at Camp Dodge, Iowa.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Information found in Volume 4, page 2708 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Cpl. Gus J. Ritschel

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 313th Engineers

Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 29

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 13, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. May 31, 1921, and buried in Grave 1648, European Section, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.

Fred James Roach

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 339th Machine Gun Battalion

Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 31

Died of pneumonia at Grange La Ville, France, on Oct. 6, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. May 31, 1921, and buried at Lisbon, N. Dak.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Sgt. John Richard Roache

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company No. 6, 2nd Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 25

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 13, 1918.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Information found in Volume 4, page 2715 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Pvt.1st Class Clarence Patrick Roan

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery D, 5th Field Artillery

Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 19

Died on Oct. 9, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried in Grave 150, Section 18, Block 3, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France. Reburied at Portal, N. Dak.

Carl J. Roardson

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.

James Judson Roberts

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery C, 335th Field Artillery

Date of Loss: November 03, 1918 / Age: 24

Died of pneumonia, on Nov. 3, 1918.

Buried, Grave 14, Row 24, Block A, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Pvt.1st Class John Lackie Robertson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 164th Infantry

Date of Loss: June 24, 1918 / Age: 22

Died on June 24, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Stutsman county.

Cpl. Ernest Adam DeNault Robertson

World War I

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 79th Company, Quantico, Va.

Date of Loss: June 14, 1918 / Age: 18

Killed in action on June 14, 1918.

Burial, Belleau Wood Cemetery, France.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Cass county.

Hospital Sgt. Paul W. Robinson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Medical Department, Office of Surgeon, Base Section No. 1

Date of Loss: April 22, 1919 / Age: 25

Died of diphtheria laryngitis, on April 22, 1919.

Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 11, 1920, and buried in Hillside Cemetery, North Adams, Mass.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

William Clyde Robinson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 39th Regiment, Transportation Corps

Date of Loss: November 12, 1918 / Age: 24

Died, as a result of being struck by train, on Nov. 12, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on Feb. 15, 1921, and buried in Robinson Cemetery, Vernon, W. Va.

Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Henry C. Roder

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 10th Detachment, Administration Labor Company

Date of Loss: October 14, 1918 / Age: 28

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 14, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. and buried at Anamoose, N. Dak.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Carl Edwin Rogen

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 164th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 26

Killed in action, on Oct. 5, 1918.

Buried, Grave 16, Row 12, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

John P. Roger

World War I

Date of Loss: November 11, 1918 / Age:

Name NOT 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.