State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Clyde D. Axtell
Elgin, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery B, 336th Field Artillery
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 336th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: January 10, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of broncho pneumonia, at Camp Pike, Ark., on Jan. 10, 1918.
Buried at Elgin, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Private First Class John Cretus Baar
Underwood, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 164th Infantry
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on Oct. 6, 1918.
Buried in Grave 40, Row 25, Block F, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Private Stephen Abel Babcock
Ludden, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 137th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 35th Division
Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 29
Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918.
Buried, Grave 38, Row 7, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Michael Babich
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Division
Date of Loss: November 18, 1918 / Age: 27
Died on Nov. 18, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 17, Row 5, Block H, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Pvt. Albert Glen Bailey
Arvilla, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: May 07, 1918 / Age: 26
Killed in action on May 7, 1918.
Buried in Grave 15, Row 16, Block C, Somme American Cemetery, Bony, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1919
Frederick Garfield Baker
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery E, 18th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: June 14, 1919 / Age: 32
Accidentally killed at Palch, Germany, June 14, 1919.
Buried at Marn, Germany. Remains returned to U. S. Oct. 4, 1920, and buried in Grave 656, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
1918
Earl E. Baker
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
Sgt. Duncan Wesley Balfour
Milton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 31st Infantry
Date of Loss: October 21, 1918 / Age: 27
Died at Vladivostok, Siberia, on Oct. 21, 1918.
Buried at Milton, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Ralph G. Ball
St. Thomas, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 38th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Division
Date of Loss: July 29, 1918 / Age: 19
Died on July 29, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 22, Row 21, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Pvt. John S. Bannister
Jamestown, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action, Meuse-Argonne, Oct. 10, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 17, 1921, and buried in Highland Cemetery, Jamestown, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Cpl. William Howard Bardsley
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 360th Infantry
Date of Loss: November 02, 1918 / Age: 20
Killed in action on Nov. 2, 1918.
Buried, Grave 21, Row 40, Block A, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. George Otto Barnick
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 362nd Infantry Regiment, 91st Division
Date of Loss: July 23, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in railroad accident, on July 23, 1918.
Buried, Grave 40, Row 4, Block B, Suresnes American Cemetery, Suresnes, Seine, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1919
F3 Gordon Severin Barr
Valley City, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Naval Training Station, Hampton Roads, Va.
Date of Loss: June 08, 1919 / Age: 15
Died of diphtheria at Great Lakes, Ill, on June 8, 1919.
Buried at Valley City, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Ezra William Barrows
Lake Wilson, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: May 07, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on May 7, 1918.
Buried near Villers, Tournells, Somme, France. Reburied at Lake Wilson, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND (possibly under Dunn county as Ezra Burrows).
1917
William W. Grover Cleveland Barry
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Date of Loss: November 11, 1917 / Age: 26
Killed in action in Flanders, on Nov. 11, 1917.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 1, page 183 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1919
Johan Alfred Barstad
Nome, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Provost Guard Company
Date of Loss: January 02, 1919 / Age: 27
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Jan. 2, 1919.
Buried at Nome, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as John E Barstad.