State Heroes Total:
3422
Service Branch

World War I

Fred Otis Cooper photo 1919

Private Fred Otis Cooper

Lidgerwood, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 350th Infantry

Date of Loss: June 28, 1919 / Age: 25

Died at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Washington, D. C., on June 28, 1919.

Buried in Movius Cemetery, Lidgerwood, N. Dak.

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

Benjamin Olson photo 1919

BGLR Benjamin Olson

Valley City, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: May 18, 1919 / Age: 19

Died at Hoboken, N. J., on May 18, 1919.

Buried at Valley City, N. Dak.

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

Edwin Herman Witcik photo 1919

Pvt. Edwin Herman Witcik

Fargo, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: January 17, 1919 / Age: 25

Died of broncho pneumonia, Jan. 17, 1919.

Buried in Grave 468, Cemetery 6, Bazailles sur Meuse, France. Remains returned to U. S. May 31, 1921, and buried in Springvale Cemetery, three miles north of Fargo, N. Dak.

Paul W. Robinson photo 1919

Hospital Sgt. Paul W. Robinson

North Adams, MA

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Medical Department, Office of Surgeon, Base Section No. 1

Date of Loss: April 22, 1919 / Age: 25

Died of diphtheria laryngitis, on April 22, 1919.

Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 11, 1920, and buried in Hillside Cemetery, North Adams, Mass.

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

Christopher Oleson photo 1919

Christopher Oleson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery D, 12th Field Artillery

Date of Loss: February 20, 1919 / Age: 22

Died of broncho pneumonia at Coblenz, Germany, on Feb. 20, 1919.

Remains returned to U. S. on July 24, 1920, and buried in Grave 172, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.

Elmer Hartlet Thompson photo 1919

PFC Elmer Hartlet Thompson

Fargo, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 1st Heavy Artillery Motor Ordnance Repair Shop

Date of Loss: April 06, 1919 / Age: 27

Died at Coblenz, Germany, on April 6, 1919.

Buried at Coblenz, Germany. Remains returned to U. S. July 29, 1920, and buried at Fargo, N. Dak.

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

Orville Taylor Haughtelin photo 1919

Farrier Orville Taylor Haughtelin

Starkweather, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: February 18, 1919 / Age: 24

Died of heart failure at Neuf Chateau, France, on Feb. 18, 1919.

Buried, Grave 4, Row 41, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

David K. O'Brien photo 1919

Pvt.1st Class David K. O'Brien

Wilton, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: January 12, 1919 / Age: 19

Died of wounds received in action, Jan. 12, 1919.

Buried at Bazoilles, France. Remains returned to U.S. on Dec. 16, 1921, and buried in Riverview Cemetery, Wilton, N. Dak.

Joseph Perreault photo 1919

Joseph Perreault

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 289th Company, Military Police Corps

Date of Loss: July 06, 1919 / Age: 23

Died of pneumonia on July 6, 1919.

Buried, Grave 19, Row 7, Block B, Suresnes American Cemetery, Suresnes, Seine, France.

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

Fred William Berner photo 1919

Pvt. Fred William Berner

Jamestown, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 21st Engineers

Date of Loss: April 02, 1919 / Age: 25

Died of pneumonia, on April 2, 1919, at Base Hospital No. 87, Toul, Meuse.

Remains returned to U. S. on May 23, 1921, and buried in Grave 1770, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.

Melvin Johnson photo 1919

Cpl. Melvin Johnson

Rolette, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 78th Infantry

Date of Loss: February 03, 1919 / Age: 28

Died at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on Feb. 3, 1919.

Buried at Rolette, N. Dak.

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

Gerald Aaron Haskin photo 1919

Sgt. Gerald Aaron Haskin

Oberon, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Quartermaster Corps

Date of Loss: January 09, 1919 / Age: 18

Died of pneumonia, at New York, N. Y., on Jan. 9, 1919.

Buried at Oberon, N. Dak.

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

Michael Jay McElvain photo 1919

Michael Jay McElvain

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 67th Company, Transportation Corps

Date of Loss: March 16, 1919 / Age: 28

Died of typhoid fever on March 16, 1919.

Buried, Grave 3, Row 31, Block F, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon.

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

Tom A. Shirek photo 1919

Tom A. Shirek

Lankin, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: February 11, 1919 / Age: 23

Died of scarlet fever, on Feb. 11, 1919.

Buried, Grave 14, Row 12, Block D, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.

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

Samuel John Dagg photo 1918

Samuel John Dagg

Mt. Pleasant, MI

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 137th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 25

Died of wounds received in action, on Oct. 4, 1918.

Buried in Grave 71, Row 2, Block B, AEF Cemetery at Souilly, near Verdun, France. Reinterred at Mt. Pleasant, Michigan.