State Heroes
World War I
1918
Walter Gustav Daschner
Hunter, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery D, 40th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 17, 1918.
Buried at Hunter, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Ile Bert Davidson
Marion, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 45th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 20, 1918 / Age: 21
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Sheridan, Ala., on Oct. 20, 1918.
Buried at Marion, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Sigurbjorn Davidson
Gardar, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 34th Company, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 21
Died at Camp Grant, Ill., on Oct. 8, 1918.
Buried at Gardar, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Pembina county.
1918
Vivian Butler Davies
Marshall, INWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery C, 316th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 4, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. Oct. 19, 1921, and buried at Marshall, Ind.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Sgt. Russell E. Davis
Grafton, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 19
Died of diphtheria at Base Hospital No. 66, Neufchateau, France, on Oct. 5, 1918.
Buried at Neufchateau, France. Remains returned to U. S. on Dec. 16, 1921, and consigned to Mirr M. Shannon, Grafton, N. Dak. (place of burial not given).
1918
Pvt. Frank C. Day
Price, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 137th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 22
Died on Oct. 5, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, French Military Cemetery, Deauxnouds, Meuse. Remains returned to U. S. on July 25, 1921, and buried at Sanger, N. Dak.
1918
Wilford Degree
Stewart, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: June 28, 1918 / Age: 19
Died on June 28, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Remains returned to U. S. on March 28, 1921, and buried in St. Boniface Cemetery, Stewart, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Edward Byron DeLong
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 349th Infantry
Date of Loss: May 04, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia, on May 4, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 1, page 703 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Peter Dethman
Denison, IAWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 6th Battalion, 20th Engineers
Date of Loss: February 05, 1918 / Age: 37
Drowned in the sinking of the Tuscania, on Feb. 5, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 18, 1920, and buried in Grave 940, Arlington National Cemetery, Va.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Thomas Francis Devaney
Vail, IAWorld War I
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 18th Company, 5th Regiment
Date of Loss: June 12, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action, June 12, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 1, page 714 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Cpl. Howard W. Dietrich
South Bend, INWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 1st Field Artillery Brigade
Date of Loss: September 27, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia on Sept. 27, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on June 1, 1921, and buried in Riverview Cemetery, South Bend, Ind.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Fred W. Dietrich
Minnewauken, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 138th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division
Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 22
Died on Sept. 29, 1918, of wounds received in Meuse-Argonne.
Buried, Grave 12, Row 25, Block H, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Pvt. Jesse Wilson Dillon
Freeman, MOWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 164th Field Hospital, 116th Sanitary Train
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 28
Died on Sept. 26, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried in France. Reburied in Grave 2251, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Roy Alfred Dingman
Oelwein, IAWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Troop E, 7th Cavalry, Fort Bliss, Texas
Date of Loss: October 18, 1918 / Age: 21
Died of pneumonia at Fort Bliss, Texas, on Oct. 18, 1918.
Buried at Oelwein, Iowa.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Thomas Tostin Dokken
Erie, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 47th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division
Date of Loss: July 31, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of wounds received in action, on July 31, 1918.
Buried, Grave 23, Row 9, Block B, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.