State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Byron H. West
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 15th Service Company, Signal Corps, Casual Detachment
Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age: 20
Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 17, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. Sept. 3, 1920, and buried in Grave 432, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Wagoner Alfred West
Barron, WI
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Supply Company, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: January 28, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia, on Jan. 28, 1918.
Buried, Grave 6, Row 4, Block B, Brookwood American Cemetery, Brookwood, England.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Oscar Westby
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 12th Company, 3rd Battalion, 160th Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 7, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 3434 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Seaman Buel Mills Wetherbee
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS New York
Date of Loss: June 25, 1918 / Age: 19
Died on USS New York at Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands, on June 25, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
William W. Whalen
World War I (WWI)
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.
1918
William Whalen
Leeds, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 164th Field Hospital, 116th Sanitary Train
Date of Loss: January 16, 1918 / Age: 29
Died of pneumonia, on Jan. 16, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Dec. 28, 1920, and buried at Leeds, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Mess Sergeant Don Alfred Whitmore
Drayton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 348th Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: October 16, 1918 / Age: 28
Died of influenza on Oct. 16, 1918.
Buried in American Cemetery No. 25, in Grave No. 336, Section B, at Galence, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class George Wieglenda
Alliance, OH
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 20
Killed in action in the Meuse-Argonne offensive, on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried in Grave 23, Row 25, Block A, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Frank E Willard
World War I (WWI)
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.
1918
Harold E. Williams
Reynolds, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, Replacement Depot Battalion, Signal Corps
Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 29
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 8, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Nov. 3, 1920, and buried at Reynolds, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Forrest Eugene Williams
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 34th Company, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 02, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 2, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 3477 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
John Wesley Williams
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 307th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 16, 1918 / Age: 27
Killed in action on Oct. 16, 1918.
Buried, Grave 26, Row 15, 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
Willie Willprecht
Lidgerwood, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 34th Company 161st Depot
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of Pneumonia on October 7, 1918 at Camp Grant Illinois.
Buried Lidgerwood, Richland County, North Dakota.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
John Henry Wilson
Kenmare, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Coast Artillery Corps, 5th Recruit Company
Date of Loss: March 29, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia at Fort Logan, Colo., on March 29, 1918.
Buried, Kenmare, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Fred Wilson
Holyoke, MA
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 116th Engineers
Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 32
Died of influenza on Oct. 4, 1918.
Buried, Grave 6, Row 30, Block B, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
John A. Winden
Northwood, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 137th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 29, 1918 / Age: 22
Died in Base Hospital No. 25, on Oct. 29, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried at Allerey, France. Remains returned to U. S. on Feb. 21, 1921, and buried in South Lutheran Cemetery, Northwood, N. Dak.