State Heroes Total:
3932
Service Branch

World War I

Erick Ofstad photo 1918

Pvt.1st Class Erick Ofstad

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 359th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 27

Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.

Grave unlocated.

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

Albert Grass photo 1918

Pvt. Albert Grass

Cannon Ball, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 164th Infantry

Date of Loss: July 18, 1918 / Age: 22

Killed in action at Soissons-Paris Road, July 18, 1918. His company was entrenched along the Paris, Soissons Road south of the Chemin de Dames and he volunteered to get some water for his buddies.

John Stark photo 1918

John Stark

Coleharbor, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 73rd Spruce Squadron, Spruce Production Division

Date of Loss: October 25, 1918 / Age: 24

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 25, 1918, at Clatsup, Ore.

Burial, Coleharbor, N. Dak.

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

Richard G. Redemske photo 1918

Richard G. Redemske

Chicago, IL

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: July 19, 1918 / Age: 28

Killed in action on July 19, 1918.

Buried, Grave 6, Row 3, Block D, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.

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

Oscar D. Keene photo 1918

Cpl. Oscar D. Keene

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 47th Infantry

Date of Loss: August 04, 1918 / Age: 23

Killed in action on Aug. 4, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 2, page 1638 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

George Ratzloff photo 1918

George Ratzloff

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.

Virgil Raymond Erickson photo 1918

Cpl. Virgil Raymond Erickson

Devils Lake, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 02, 1918 / Age: 25

Killed in action on Oct. 2, 1918.

Buried in France. Reburied in Kato township, Ramsey county, N. Dak.

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

Forest T. D. Hume photo 1918

Forest T. D. Hume

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: July 18, 1918 / Age: 18

Killed in action on July 18, 1918, Soissons, France.

Buried in Grave No. 33, Row 26, Block C, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.

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

Charles T. Sampson photo 1918

Pvt.1st Class Charles T. Sampson

Scandia, PA

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 7th Engineers

Date of Loss: August 17, 1918 / Age: 36

Killed in action on Aug. 17, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on June 10, 1921, and buried in Scandia Cemetery, Scandia, Pa.

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

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.

Emil Sadek photo 1918

Emil Sadek

Powers Lake, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery A, 42nd Field Artillery

Date of Loss: October 20, 1918 / Age: 23

Died of spinal meningitis at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 20, 1918.

Buried, Powers Lake, N. Dak.

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

Edgar Roy Chandler photo 1918

Pvt. Edgar Roy Chandler

Gardner, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: May 09, 1918 / Age: 23

Killed in action on May 9, 1918.

Buried in Grave No. 6, Row 7, Block D, Somme American Cemetery, Bony, Aisne, France.

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

Ralph Mann photo 1918

Ralph Mann

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 308th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 28

Killed in action on Oct. 12, 1918.

Buried at Verdun, France.

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

Lavern James Thompson photo 1918

Lavern James Thompson

Cavalier, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 20

Killed in action on Oct. 7, 1918.

Buried in France. Reburied, Cavalier, N. Dak.

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

William Emery Smith photo 1918

Pvt.1st Class William Emery Smith

Taneville, MO

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 328th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 16, 1918 / Age: 24

Killed in action Oct. 16, 1918.

Buried, Grave 15, Row 35, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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