State Heroes Total:
3931
Service Branch

World War I

Elgin Evens photo 1918

Pvt. Elgin Evens

Voss, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 128th Infantry

Date of Loss: November 10, 1918 / Age: 30

Killed in action on Nov. 10, 1918.

Buried in Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 12, 1921, and buried in Lutheran Cemetery, Grafton, N. Dak.

Jay Rugg photo 1918

Pvt.1st Class Jay Rugg

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: June 19, 1918 / Age: 23

Died, June 19, 1918,of wounds received in action.

Buried, Grave 6, Row 23, Block B, Somme American Cemetery, Bony, Aisne, France.

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

George W. Mew photo 1918

George W. Mew

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 139th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 27, 1918 / Age: 31

Killed in action on Sept. 27, 1918.

Buried in Grave 12, Row 12, Block G, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Edwin Erickson photo 1918

Edwin Erickson

Walcott, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 27th Company Casual Detachment, Spruce Production Division

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

Died of pneumonia at Camp Lewis Washington on October 27-1918. Buried at Walcott, Richland County, North Dakota.

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

Joseph Charwatt photo 1918

Pvt.1st Class Joseph Charwatt

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 325th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Division

Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 28

Died on Oct. 15, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried, Grave- 4, Row 24, Block B, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Nels T. Wold photo 1918

Private Nels T. Wold

Minnewauken, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:138th Infantry Regiment

Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 22

He rendered most gallant service in aiding the advance of his company, which had been held up by machine-gun nests, advancing, with one other soldier, and silencing the guns; bringing with him, upon his return, 11 prisoners.

Martin Sanders photo 1918

Martin Sanders

Mekinock, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 138th Infantry

Date of Loss: July 06, 1918 / Age: 24

Killed in action, July 6, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 31, 1921, and buried in Middle Grove Cemetery, Mekinock, N. Dak.

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

Martin Lewis Urdahl photo 1918

Martin Lewis Urdahl

Dahlen, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 312th Supply Train

Date of Loss: January 16, 1918 / Age: 22

Died of pneumonia at Camp Pike, Ark., on Jan. 16, 1918.

Buried, Dahlen, N. Dak.

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

Adolphus J. Thievert photo 1918

Adolphus J. Thievert

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.

Irvin Earl Silvy photo 1918

Cpl. Irvin Earl Silvy

Solomon, IL

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: July 19, 1918 / Age: 22

Killed in action near Soissons, France, on July 19, 1918.

Buried in France.

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

Frederick A. Bohner photo 1918

Pvt. Frederick A. Bohner

Foltarie [sic] (possibly Voltaire), ND

World War I

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.

Gustave Hillert photo 1918

Pvt. Gustave Hillert

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: May 23, 1918 / Age: 34

Killed in action on May 23, 1918.

Buried, Grave 14, Row 20, Block C, Somme American Cemetery, Bony, Aisne, France.

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

Charles Schwerdler photo 1918

Charles Schwerdler

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery F, 40th Field Artillery

Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 30

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 12, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 4, page 2895 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Fred John Sprecher photo 1918

Fred John Sprecher

Golden Valley, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery E, 338th Field Artillery

Date of Loss: March 03, 1918 / Age: 23

Died of peritonitis, at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on March 3, 1918.

Buried, Golden Valley, N. Dak.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as John F Sprecher.

Melvin LeRoy Pippinger photo 1918

Melvin LeRoy Pippinger

Knapp, WI

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 138th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 30

Died Sept. 28, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried at Chateau Salvange, Rarecourt, France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 12, 1921, and buried in Teegard Cemetery, Knapp, Wis.