State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
John Severin Johnson
Medo, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 102nd Infantry
Date of Loss: November 26, 1918 / Age: 28
Died on Nov. 26, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Remains returned to U. S. and buried in Medo Lutheran Cemetery, Medo, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
ERO2 William Jennings Johnson
Grafton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Naval Air Station, Cape May, N.J.
Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 21
Died at sea, Oct. 8, 1918, in the sinking of a seaplane off Cape May, N. J.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Sargent Albert Franklin Nelson
Leonard, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 164th Infantry Regiment, Americal Division
Date of Loss: June 19, 1918 / Age: 27
Killed in Action on July 19, 1918. Buried in Cemetery C-39, Located in the Commune of Courmelles, Aisne; re-buried at Leonard, Richland County, North Dakota.
Pvt. Percy George Carter
Sheldon, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 317th Field Signal Battalion
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of lobar pneumonia at Base Hospital No. 53, France, on Oct. 6, 1918.
Buried, Cemetery No. 13, Grave No. 121, Langres, France. Remains returned to U. S. on May 13, 1921, and buried at Sheldon, N. Dak.
Pvt. John Raymond Joyce
Crosby, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: May 17, 1918 / Age: 19
Died on May 17, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on April 5, 1921, and buried at Crosby, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Ernest William Hartmann
New Salem, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 78th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 7, 1918.
Buried at New Salem, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Pvt. Andrew James Black
Berthold, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: November 05, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on Nov. 5, 1918.
Buried in France. Reburied at Berthold, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Ferdinand Hibner
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 137th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division
Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 30
Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918.
Buried in Grave 10, Row 21, Block A, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Harry Pederson
Rutland, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 78th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 16, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 16, 1918.
Buried at Rutland, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Carl Solvsberg
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 360th Infantry
Date of Loss: November 02, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Nov. 2, 1918.
Buried, Grave 6, Row 43, Block A, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Walter M. Severson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Quartermaster Corps
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 23
Died at Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, D. C., on Oct. 7, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Hilton Givens
Grafton, ND
World War I (WWI)
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.
Frederick A. Roskam
Cyrus, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery B, 42nd Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 27
Died of broncho pneumonia, on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried at Cyrus, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Knute Olson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I
Date of Loss: March 01, 1918 / Age: 33
Killed in action on March 1, 1918.
Buried in Grave 23, Row 14, Block B, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Walter Norman Donaldson
Big Bend, WI
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 210th Engineers
Date of Loss: October 23, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia, at Fort Riley, Kans., on Oct. 23, 1918.
Buried at Big Bend, Wis.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Pvt. John Ekvall
Springbrook, ND
World War I (WWI)
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.