State Heroes
World War I
1918
Wilt Edwin Keller
Hatton, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 19th Company, Machine Gun Training Camp
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 21
Died of influenze on Oct. 10, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1644 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Wagoner William Raymond Kelley
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 465th Engineers Pontoon Train
Date of Loss: November 28, 1918 / Age: 32
Drowned, accidentally, in the Moselle River, Nov. 28, 1918.
Buried, Grave 30, Row 12, Block B, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.
Pvt. Paul E. Kelling
New England, NDWounded in action.
1918
John William Kendrew
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 42nd Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 10, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1655 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
George Alexander Kerian
Minto, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 23rd Company, Columbia Coas Artillery Corps
Date of Loss: October 19, 1918 / Age: 21
Died of broncho pneumonia at Fort Stevens, Ore., on Oct. 19, 1918.
Buried at Minto, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Charles Edward Kern
Pembina, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 362nd Infantry Regiment, 91st Division
Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Sept. 29, 1918.
Buried in Grave no. 40, Row 26, Block F, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1922
Pvt. Fred Robert Ketcham
Havana, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 138th Infantry
Date of Loss: April 20, 1922 / Age: 28
Died at Englewood, Colo., on April 20, 1922.
Buried, Havana, N. Dak.
Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Pvt. Philip Ketterling
Zeeland, NDWounded in action.
1918
Gordon Thomas Kettleson
Wing, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 15th Recruit Company, General Service Infantry
Date of Loss: February 12, 1918 / Age: 18
Died of broncho pneumonia, at Post Hospital, Jefferson Barracks, Mo., on Feb. 12, 1918.
Buried at Wing. N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. James W. Kidd
Kenmare, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 22, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on July 22, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on May 11, 1921, and buried in Riverview Cemetery, Portland, Oregon.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Harry Lewis Kidd
Mandan, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 139th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 29
Killed in action, Sept. 26, 1918.
Buried in France. Grave Unlocated. Missing in Action or Buried at Sea. Tablets of the Missing at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France
1917
Louis Nickely Kiel
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Date of Loss: August 15, 1917 / Age:
Killed in action on Aug. 15, 1917.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1669 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Pvt. John George Kienenberger
Bierma [sic], NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 138th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division
Date of Loss: September 27, 1918 / Age: 30
Killed in action on Sept. 27, 1918.
Grave unlocated. Missing in Action or Buried at Sea. Tablets of the Missing at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Pvt. Thorwald Kilen
Sharon, NDWorld 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.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Orville Peter Kilroy
Porterville, CAWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 39
Killed in action at Argonne Forest, France, on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 9, 1921, and buried in Catholic Cemetery, Porterville, Calif.