State Heroes
World War I
Christ Sortland
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 138th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Oct. 1, 1918.
Buried, Grave 32, Section 18, Block 1, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France. Remains returned to Norway, and consigned to Ole John Sortland, Bergen, Norway.
Adolph M. Sorum
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.
Michael Sperle
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 128th Infantry
Date of Loss: November 10, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on Nov. 10, 1918.
Buried, Grave 11, Row 21, Block H, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Pvt.1st Class Lloyd William Spetz
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: March 01, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action, March 1, 1918.
Buried, Grave 6, Row 12, Block B, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Cpl. Lynn Fancis Spiering
Hillsboro, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 20, 1918 / Age: 20
Killed in action on July 20, 1918.
Grave unlocated.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
William Daniel Spilmaher
World War I
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 83rd Company
Date of Loss: November 02, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on Nov. 2, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as WM D Spilmahor.
James Ray Spitzer
Cando, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 358th Infantry
Date of Loss: November 10, 1918 / Age: 21
Killed in action on Nov. 10, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on April 5, 1921, and buried at Cando, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Fred John Sprecher
Golden Valley, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery E, 338th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: March 03, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of peritonitis, at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on March 3, 1918.
Buried, Golden Valley, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as John F Sprecher.
Edward F. Stadstad
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 9th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 18, 1918 / Age: 27
Killed in action on July 18, 1918.
Buried in Grave 24, Row 33, Block D, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Pvt. Tracy W. Stahl
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: November 06, 1918 / Age: 21
Killed in action on Nov. 6, 1918.
Buried in Grave 19, Row 46, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Raymond Stake
Chambersburg, PAWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 58th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 18, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action, at Chateau-Thierry, on July 18, 1918.
Buried, Grave 23, Row 4, Block A, Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
James F. Standish
Litchfield, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 20, 1918 / Age: 23
Died on July 20, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 27, Row 2, Block D, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Allen W. Stanton
Lakeview, MIWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 115th Infantry
Date of Loss: March 20, 1919 / Age: 23
Died at US Base Hospital No. 69, Army Postoffice No. 939, Savenay, France, March 20, 1919.
Remains returned to U. S. Oct. 6, 1920, and buried at Winfield Cemetery, Lakeview, Mich.
John Stark
Coleharbor, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 73rd Spruce Squadron, Spruce Production Division
Date of Loss: October 25, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 25, 1918, at Clatsup, Ore.
Burial, Coleharbor, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Pvt.1st Class Rudolph Staska
Cummings, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 22, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on July 22, 1918.
Buried in Grave 29, Row 37, Block B, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesle, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.