State Heroes
World War I
1918
Pvt.1st Class Paul N. Lawrence
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: August 01, 1918 / Age: 20
Died on Aug. 1, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 26, 1921, and buried in Wayland village cemetery, Wayland, N. Y.
1917
Albert James Lawrence
Crystal, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Canadian Expeditionary Force
Date of Loss: April 09, 1917 / Age: 15
Killed in action at Vimy Ridge, on April 9, 1917.
Buried at Givenchy-en-Gohelle.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Benjamin Emanuel Lawrence
Courtenay, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 306th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 26
Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.
Grave unlocated.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Harry E. Lean Elk
Porcupine, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company No. 2, 138th Infantry
Date of Loss: June 17, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of broncho pneumonia in England on June 17, 1918.
Buried in England. Reburied in the Porcupine Cemetery, Sioux county, N. Dak., on Sept. 25, 1920.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Cpl. Axel Herman Leander
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on Oct. 8, 1918.
Buried in Grave 31, Row 4, 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
Orrin Ezra Lee
Oldham, SDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery A, 339th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: September 27, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia at Clermont, Farrand, France, on Sept. 27, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. and buried in Grave 1619, European Section, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
1918
Arthur Selmer Lee
Ashby, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 139th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 26
Killed in action, Argonne Woods, Sept. 29, 1918.
Grave unlocated.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Joseph J. Leif
Norwood, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 313th Engineers
Date of Loss: December 15, 1918 / Age: 28
Died of pneumonia on Dec. 15, 1918.
Buried, Grave 9, Row 21, Block D, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Osmer James Leigh
Royalton, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 58th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 22, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia on Sept. 22, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Nov. 10, 1920, and consigned to J. E. Leigh, Royalton, Minn. (place of burial not given).
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
PFC William F. Leisner
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 339th Machine Gun Battalion
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried, Grave 28, Row 24, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemeter, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Cpl. Martin O. Leslie
Bryant, SDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 126th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on Oct. 6, 1918.
Buried in Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Seaman 2c Earl Ray Lewis
Rolla, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, N. H.
Date of Loss: October 29, 1918 / Age: 22
Died at Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, N. H., on Oct. 29, 1918.
Buried, Rolla, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Jesse Floyd Lewis
Robinson, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Aviation Section, Unassigned, Signal Corps
Date of Loss: April 12, 1918 / Age: 20
Died of pneumonia, at San Antonio, Texas, on April 12, 1918.
Buried at Robinson, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Jessie F Lewis.
1918
Otto Leysring
Windsor, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 137th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918, at Argonne Forest.
Buried, Grave 37, Row 30, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Louis A. Lien
Rothsay, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 128th Infantry
Date of Loss: November 10, 1918 / Age: 29
Killed in action on Nov. 10, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 29, 1921, and buried in South Immanuel Cemetery, Trondhjem township, Rothsay, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.