State Heroes

Pvt.1st Class William James Blair

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 139th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division

Date of Loss: January 25, 1919 / Age: 27

Died of pneumonia at Bazoilles-Sur-Meuse, France, on Jan. 25, 1919.

Buried, Grave 29, Row 16, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Pvt. William Charles Blair

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 363rd Infantry Regiment, 91st Division

Date of Loss: September 27, 1918 / Age: 28

Killed in action on Sept. 27, 1918.

Buried in Grave 11, Row 25, Block H, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Simeon Hiram Blanchard

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 10th Company, 3rd Battalion, 151st Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: September 24, 1918 / Age: 23

Died of pneumonia at Camp Devens, Mass., on Sept. 24, 1918.

Buried at McClusky, N. Dak.

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

Pvt. Albert Block

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 110th Infantry Regiment, 28th Division

Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 23

Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.

Buried, Grave 11, Row 16, Block F, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Walter Anson Bloom

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 348th Infantry

Date of Loss: January 27, 1918 / Age: 22

Died at Camp Pike, Ark., on Jan. 27, 1918.

Buried, Bridgewater, Iowa.

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

Victor Edward Bloomgren

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Medical Department, 164th Infantry

Date of Loss: December 19, 1918 / Age: 24

Died of typhoid fever at Bazoilles sur Meuse, Vosges, France, on Dec. 19, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on May 24, 1921, and buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, (Blue Island), Chicago, Ill.

Cpl. Richard Blue Earth

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 24

Killed in action on Oct. 9, 1918, to the Meuse-Argonne Offensive.

Buried, Grave No. 97, Section No. 27, Plot No. 2, Cemetery No. 1232, Argonne-American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France. Reburied at Cannon Ball, N. Dak.

Carl John Boardson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 163rd Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: April 11, 1918 / Age: 30

Died of pneumonia on April 11, 1918, at Camp Dodge, Iowa.

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

Albert A. Bodeen

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 424th Telegraph Railway Battalion, Signal Corps

Date of Loss: October 25, 1918 / Age: 21

Died at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., of broncho pneumonia, on Oct. 25, 1918.

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

Frank Boehm

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 453rd Aero Construction Squadron

Date of Loss: August 08, 1918 / Age: 22

Died at Camp 3-A, Toledo, Oregon, on Aug. 8, 1918.

Buried, Oriska, N. Dak.

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

Pvt. John Delbert Boehnke

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 137th Infantry

Date of Loss: January 19, 1919 / Age: 23

Died of pleurisy on Jan. 19, 1919, at Hospital No. 29, Martinguey-les-Baines, France, and buried at same place.

Remains returned to U. S. June 23, 1921, and buried in Grave 2919, European Section, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.

Victor Edward Bogert

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 54th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Date of Loss: June 27, 1918 / Age: 21

Died in France on June 27, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 1, page 325 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Pvt. Stephen Bogus

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 58th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division

Date of Loss: July 22, 1918 / Age: 23

Died on July 22, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried, Grave 10, Row 7, Block A, Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, Aisne, France.

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

Pvt. Frederick A. Bohner

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.

Henry W. Boisvert

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Training Company, 13th Main Training Depot

Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 25

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 6, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 1, page 328 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.