State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1917
John Price Gregory
Great Falls, MT
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 2nd Battalion, Canadian Mounted Infantry
Date of Loss: August 25, 1917 / Age: 24
Killed in action at Ypres on Aug. 25, 1917.
Buried in Belgium Railroad Burying Ground, Ypres, Row D, Grave No. 5.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1917
Magill Theofield Ellison
Brenna, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Quartermaster Corps, Camp Dodge, Iowa
Date of Loss: October 13, 1917 / Age: 22
Died of peritonitis following operatio for appendicitis on Oct. 13, 1917, at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Buried, Brenna township, Grand Forks county, on Oct. 19, 1917.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1917
Albert James Lawrence
Crystal, ND
World War I (WWI)
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.
1917
Fred Halldorson
Hallson, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Date of Loss: August 15, 1917 / Age: 22
Killed in action on Aug. 15, 1917.
Buried in Canadian Cemetery No. 1, Loos-en-Gohelle.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1917
William H Wolfe
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard
Date of Loss: September 11, 1917 / Age: 24
Died of rupture of abscess in lungs, on Sept. 11, 1917.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1916
Carl Melvin Peterson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 17th Canadian Reserve Battalion
Date of Loss: October 01, 1916 / Age: 21
Died, Oct., 1916, at Shornecliffe Barracks, near Folkestone, England.
Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1916
Karl Oscar Bjerke
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Date of Loss: June 02, 1916 / Age: 30
Killed in action at Sanctuary Wood, Ypres salient, on June 2, 1916.
Buried at Sanctuary Wood.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1915
Lloyd Sinclair
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 5th Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, British Army
Date of Loss: September 25, 1915 / Age:
Died of wounds, Sept. 25, 1915.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 2968 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1915
Robert McMullin
Crystal, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 11th Battalion, Winnipeg Grenadiers
Date of Loss: October 25, 1915 / Age: 19
Died at Winnipeg, Man., on Oct. 25, 1915.
Buried in Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Man.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Pvt. Iver Dalen
Nekoma, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 59th Infantry
Discharged at Fort Snelling, Minn., on July 24, 1919, as a Private, Surgeon's Certificate of Disability, 25%.
Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Private Olaf Knapp
Binford, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:139th Infantry Regiment
Wounded, slightly, Sept. 30, 1918.
Engagements:
Offensive: Meuse Argonne.
Defensive Sectors: Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine); Gerardmer (Alsace).
