State Heroes
World War I
Pvt. Alphonse Gervais
Fargo, NDPvt. Albert Gessweine
Bowden, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 137th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 28, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of heart disease on Oct. 28, 1918.
Pvt. Peter David Getz
Grand Forks, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 139th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division
Date of Loss: August 24, 1918 / Age: 23
Died on Aug. 24, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 26, Row 29, Block F, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Pvt. Jacob Miller Geyer
Sheyenne, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Division
Date of Loss: October 02, 1918 / Age: 29
Killed in action on Oct. 2, 1918.
Buried, in Grave 12, Row 3, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Lyle Eugene Giffen
Glencoe, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Training Detachment, Army Air Service Mechanics School
Date of Loss: December 06, 1918 / Age: 19
Died of pneumonia, at St. Paul, Minn., on Dec. 6, 1918.
Buried at Glencoe, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Pvt. Gerald Gillen
Burt, NDWounded in Action.
Pvt. William Gillson
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 116th Engineer Regiment, 41st Division
Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age:
Pvt. Archie LeRoy Gilmore
Hartley, IAWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action, Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried, Grave 37, Row 23, Block A, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Pvt. Roy M. Gingrey
Hope, NDWounded in Action.
Joseph Gion
Regent, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 40th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age:
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 15, 1918.
Buried at Regent, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Willis O. Gish
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 8th Ammunition Train
Date of Loss: July 14, 1918 / Age: 28
Murdered - strangulation - on July 14, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1060 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Mervin R. Givan
World War I
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.
Pvt.1st Class Hilton Givens
Grafton, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 26
Killed in action on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried in France. Reburied at Grafton, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
WWI Student Army Training Corps
Private Everett Henry Gilbert
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps UND Grand Forks ND
Date of Loss: October 21, 1918 / Age: 21
Died while serving as a member of the Student Army Training Corps  on the UND campus in Grand Forks during the 1918 flu pandemic. Name included on the UND S.A.T.C. website
Private Alton William Gillmer
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps UND Grand Forks ND
Date of Loss: October 22, 1918 / Age: 22
Died while serving as a member of the Student Army Training Corps  on the UND campus in Grand Forks during the 1918 flu pandemic. Name included on the UND S.A.T.C. website