State Heroes Total:
3932
Service Branch

World War I

Einar E. Orbom photo 1919

Wagoner Einar E. Orbom

St. Paul, MN

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Field Hospital No. 41

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

Died on Feb. 6, 1919, of pneumonia.

Buried, Grave 31, Row 14, Block H, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

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).

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.

Alexander Herrstromer photo 1919

Cpl. Alexander Herrstromer

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 40th Infantry

Date of Loss: May 22, 1919 / Age: 27

Died of an accidental fracture, on May 22, 1919.

Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

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.

Olaf Sigurd Haiberg photo 1919

Apprentice Seaman Olaf Sigurd Haiberg

Crosby, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Navy Rifle Range, Rumford, Ill.

Date of Loss: March 11, 1919 / Age: 19

Died in Naval Hospital, N. Y., on March 11, 1919.

Buried at Troy Cemetery, Crosby, ND.

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

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.

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.

Johan Alfred Barstad photo 1919

Johan Alfred Barstad

Nome, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Provost Guard Company

Date of Loss: January 02, 1919 / Age: 27

Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Jan. 2, 1919.

Buried at Nome, N. Dak.

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

James Johnson photo 1919

Cpt. James Johnson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 1st Infantry

Date of Loss: June 13, 1919 / Age: 41

Died on June 13, 1919, at Camp Lewis, Wash.

Buried, Camp Lewis, Wash., Grave No. 1

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

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.