State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Simeon Hiram Blanchard
McClusky, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 10th Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:3rd Battalion
Date of Loss: September 24, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia at Camp Devens, Mass., on Sept. 24, 1918.
Buried at McClusky, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Private Stephen Abel Babcock
Ludden, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:35th Division
Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 29
Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918.
Buried, Grave 38, Row 7, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Nurse Sabra Regina Hardy
Golden Valley, ND
World War I (WWI)
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.
1918
Willis O. Gish
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 8th Ammunition Train
Date of Loss: July 14, 1918 / Age: 28
Murdered - strangulation - on July 14, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1060 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Pvt. Osmer James Leigh
Royalton, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 58th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 22, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia on Sept. 22, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Nov. 10, 1920, and consigned to J. E. Leigh, Royalton, Minn. (place of burial not given).
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Calvin W. Scott
Devils Lake, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 27, 1918 / Age: 21
Died, July 27, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 23, Row 6, Block B, Suresnes American Cemetery, Suresnes, Seine, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Carl J. Roardson
World War I (WWI)
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.
1918
Pvt. John Herman Freitag
Clyde, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 23rd Infantry
Date of Loss: November 04, 1918 / Age: 29
Killed in action, Argonne Forest, Nov. 4, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 6, 1921, and buried at Munich, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Preston George McGarry
Willow City, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: School for Bakers and Cooks, Camp Custer, Mich.
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried at Willow City, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Leete Gladstone Van Syckle
Grand Forks, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 53rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of influenza pneumonia at Camp Hancock, Ga., on Oct. 5, 1918.
Buried at Grand Forks, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
James Johannson
World War I (WWI)
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.
1918
Mechanic Raymond Alexander Hanson
Shell Lake, WI
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: June 11, 1918 / Age: 27
Killed in action on June 11, 1918, at Cantigny, France.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on March 28, 1921, and buried at Shell Lake, Wis., on April 2, 1921.
1918
PFC Harry Edward Ross
Des Moines, IA
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 20, 1918 / Age: 20
Killed in action at Soissons, France, on July 20, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on May 13, 1921, and buried in Woodland Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.
1918
Pvt. Lawrence Dailey
Kelvin, ND
World War I (WWI)
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.
1918
Pvt. Charles Edward Kern
Pembina, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 362nd Infantry Regiment, 91st Division
Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Sept. 29, 1918.
Buried in Grave no. 40, Row 26, Block F, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
RSM Gilbert Sessions Furness
Mandan, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters, 1st Brigade, Field Artillery Replacement Draft
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 20
Died of broncho pneumonia, at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried at Mandan, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.