State Heroes Total:
3422
Service Branch

World War I

Allen W. Stanton photo 1919

Allen W. Stanton

Lakeview, MI

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 115th Infantry

Date of Loss: March 20, 1919 / Age: 23

Died at US Base Hospital No. 69, Army Postoffice No. 939, Savenay, France, March 20, 1919.

Remains returned to U. S. Oct. 6, 1920, and buried at Winfield Cemetery, Lakeview, Mich.

John Delbert Boehnke photo 1919

Pvt. John Delbert Boehnke

Kramer, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 137th Infantry

Date of Loss: January 19, 1919 / Age: 23

Died of pleurisy on Jan. 19, 1919, at Hospital No. 29, Martinguey-les-Baines, France, and buried at same place.

Remains returned to U. S. June 23, 1921, and buried in Grave 2919, European Section, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.

Carl Waldemar Ellingson photo 1919

Cpl. Carl Waldemar Ellingson

Reynolds, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Field Hospital No. 128, 107th Sanitary Train

Date of Loss: January 25, 1919 / Age: 29

Died at Coblenz, Germany, on Jan. 25, 1919.

Buried at Coblenz, Germany. Remains returned to U. S. on July 29, 1920, and consigned to Swen Ellingson, Reynolds, N. Dak. (place of burial not given).

Peter O. Sunde photo 1919

Sgt. Peter O. Sunde

Wadena, MN

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 54th Infantry

Date of Loss: March 03, 1919 / Age: 31

Died of pneumonia on March 3, 1919.

Remains returned to U. S. June 14, 1921, and buried at Wadena, Minn.

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

Martin Johnson photo 1919

Pvt. Martin Johnson

Bartlett, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 314th Field Signal Battalion

Date of Loss: April 24, 1919 / Age: 23

Died on April 24, 1919, as the result of an accidental discharge of a pistol.

Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 16, 1920, and buried in Hoff Cemetery, Brocket, N. Dak.

Thomas George Laughlin photo 1919

Cpl. Thomas George Laughlin

Grand Forks, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: March 22, 1919 / Age: 22

Accidentally killed by passenger train, in France, on March 22, 1919.

Remains returned to U. S. on July 7, 1922, and consigned to James Laughlin, Grand Forks, N. Dak. (place of burial not given).

Elmer Justin Irgens photo 1919

Elmer Justin Irgens

Tolley, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: June 15, 1919 / Age: 24

Died at Debarkation Hospital No. 5, New York City, N. Y., on June 15, 1919.

Buried at Tolley, N. Dak.

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

Andor Christian Nelson photo 1919

Andor Christian Nelson

Fort Ransom, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 12th Company, 3rd Training Battalion, 151st Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: April 01, 1919 / Age: 24

Died at Camp Devens, Mass., on April 1, 1919.

Buried at Fort Ransom, N. Dak.

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

Lewis D. Weeks photo 1919

Pvt.1st Class Lewis D. Weeks

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 220th Company, Military Police Corps, Aviation Section, Production Center No. 2

Date of Loss: February 06, 1919 / Age: 21

Died of accidental shot, on Feb. 6, 1919.

Buried, Feb. 7, 1919, in Grave 50, Cemetery 159, Romorantin, France. Remains returned to U. S. on Nov. 17, 1920, and consigned to Lewis J. Weeks, Prole, Iowa. (place of burial not given).

Nora Emile Anderson photo 1919

Nurse Nora Emile Anderson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Base Hospital No. 68

Date of Loss: January 16, 1919 / Age: 38

Died of meningitis, on Jan. 16, 1919.

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

Information found in Volume 1, page 87 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

William James Blair photo 1919

Pvt.1st Class William James Blair

Langdon, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 139th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division

Date of Loss: January 25, 1919 / Age: 27

Died of pneumonia at Bazoilles-Sur-Meuse, France, on Jan. 25, 1919.

Buried, Grave 29, Row 16, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Frederick Garfield Baker photo 1919

Frederick Garfield Baker

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery E, 18th Field Artillery

Date of Loss: June 14, 1919 / Age: 32

Accidentally killed at Palch, Germany, June 14, 1919.

Buried at Marn, Germany. Remains returned to U. S. Oct. 4, 1920, and buried in Grave 656, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.

Floyd Fredric Young photo 1919

Seaman 2c Floyd Fredric Young

Neche, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS New Mexico

Date of Loss: April 20, 1919 / Age: 24

Died on USS New Mexico, at New York, N. Y., on April 20, 1919.

Buried at Neche, N. Dak.

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

Frank Lucas Schanilec photo 1919

Pvt. Frank Lucas Schanilec

Vesleyville, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: August 09, 1919 / Age: 23

Died at Dunseith, N. Dak., on Aug. 9, 1919.

Buried at Vesleyville, N. Dak.

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

William LaFayette Cowper photo 1919

1st Lt. William LaFayette Cowper

Grand Forks, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Medical Corps

Date of Loss: March 09, 1919 / Age: 41

Died at Camp Hospital No. 40, Anur Rest Camp, Liverpool, England, on March 9, 1919.

Buried in Cemetery No. 288, Liverpool, England. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 23, 1920, and buried at Grand Forks, N. Dak., on Sept. 7, 1920.