State Heroes Total:
3436
Service Branch

World War I

James Lester Cole photo 1918

2nd Lt. James Lester Cole

Kenmare, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 41st Infantry

Date of Loss: December 12, 1918 / Age: 26

Died of pneumonia, at Base Hospital, Fort Riley, Kans., on Dec. 12, 1918.

Buried at Kenmare, N. Dak.

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

Oscar Erickson photo 1918

Sgt. Oscar Erickson

Grafton, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 6th Engineers

Date of Loss: October 16, 1918 / Age: 30

Died on Oct. 16, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried in France. Reburied, Grave 3211, European Section, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.

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

Maurice Verschelde photo 1918

Maurice Verschelde

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Ambulance Company No. 350, 313th Sanitary Train

Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 27

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 10, 1918.

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

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

Clarence Grina photo 1918

Clarence Grina

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 11th Depot Battalion, Signal Corps

Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 24

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 12, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 2, page 1121 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Adolph R. Pechlat photo 1918

Adolph R. Pechlat

Wahpeton, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery B 41st Field Artillery

Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 25

Died of Broncho pneumonia at Camp Custer Michigan on October 11, 1918. Buried at St. Joseph's Cemetery, Brushvale, Minnesota.

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

Alfred Elie Johnson photo 1918

Alfred Elie Johnson

Frost, MN

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 3rd Pioneer Infantry

Date of Loss: September 27, 1918 / Age: 23

Died of pneumonia, on Sept. 27, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on Dec. 16, 1921, and buried in Emerald Cemetery, Frost, Minn.

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

Thomas K. Yankoske photo 1918

Thomas K. Yankoske

Berlin, WI

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 137th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 27, 1918 / Age: 23

Killed in action on Sept. 27, 1918.

Buried, Grave 4, Row 3, Block A, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Mike A. Cavalli photo 1918

Cpl. Mike A. Cavalli

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 164th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 32

Killed in action on Oct. 7, 1918.

Buried, Grave 4, Row 18, Block F, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Gus J. Ritschel photo 1918

Cpl. Gus J. Ritschel

White Sulphur Springs, MT

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 313th Engineers

Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 29

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 13, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. May 31, 1921, and buried in Grave 1648, European Section, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.

Peter J. Lorenz photo 1918

Peter J. Lorenz

Fried, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 23

Killed in action on Oct. 6, 1918.

Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 29, 1921, and buried in Catholic cemetery, Fried, N. Dak.

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

Adolph Peter photo 1918

Adolph Peter

Garrison, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 78th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 27

Died of pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 10, 1918.

Buried at Garrison, N. Dak.

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

Charles L. Christenson photo 1918

Charles L. Christenson

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.

William Charles Blair photo 1918

Pvt. William Charles Blair

Marietta, MN

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.

Lawrence E. Higbee photo 1918

Pvt. Lawrence E. Higbee

Glen Ullin, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 358th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 12, 1918 / Age: 23

Killed in action on Sept. 12, 1918.

Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 1, 1921, and buried in Grave 3278, Arlington National Cemetery, Va.

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

John Lackie Robertson photo 1918

Pvt.1st Class John Lackie Robertson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: June 24, 1918 / Age: 22

Died on June 24, 1918, of wounds received in action.

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