State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
John Severin Johnson
Medo, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 102nd Infantry
Date of Loss: November 26, 1918 / Age: 28
Died on Nov. 26, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Remains returned to U. S. and buried in Medo Lutheran Cemetery, Medo, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
ERO2 William Jennings Johnson
Grafton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Naval Air Station, Cape May, N.J.
Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 21
Died at sea, Oct. 8, 1918, in the sinking of a seaplane off Cape May, N. J.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
William F. Terrain
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. Sevrin Bourk
Sykeston, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 1st Army Headquarters Regiment
Date of Loss: November 18, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed by prisoner when making an arrest as a Military Police, on Nov. 18, 1918, at La Harve, France.
Buried, Grave 10, Row 19, Block B, Somme American Cemetery, Bony, Aisne, France.
1918
Ernest William Hartmann
New Salem, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 78th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 7, 1918.
Buried at New Salem, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. John R. Holdaas
Bottineau, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 140th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 29
Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 8, 1921, and buried at Bottineau, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
S2c Emil M. Dvorak
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa
Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 24
Died in Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa., on Sept. 28, 1918, as a Seaman 2nd Class.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Ezra William Barrows
Lake Wilson, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: May 07, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on May 7, 1918.
Buried near Villers, Tournells, Somme, France. Reburied at Lake Wilson, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND (possibly under Dunn county as Ezra Burrows).
1918
Fred Rott
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 149th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 8, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 2767 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Private Albert Grass
Cannon Ball, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A
Date of Loss: July 18, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action at Soissons-Paris Road, July 18, 1918. His company was entrenched along the Paris, Soissons Road south of the Chemin de Dames and he volunteered to get some water for his buddies.
1918
Harry Pederson
Rutland, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 78th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 16, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 16, 1918.
Buried at Rutland, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Carl Solvsberg
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 360th Infantry
Date of Loss: November 02, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Nov. 2, 1918.
Buried, Grave 6, Row 43, Block A, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Walter M. Severson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Quartermaster Corps
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 23
Died at Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, D. C., on Oct. 7, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Horace Mann Jones Jr.
Fargo, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Medical Department
Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 18
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 12, 1918.
Buried at Fargo, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Lloyd William Spetz
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: March 01, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action, March 1, 1918.
Buried, Grave 6, Row 12, Block B, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
August Bernhard Shellburg
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: June 09, 1918 / Age: 29
Killed in action on June 9, 1918.
Buried, Grave 6, Row 15, Block D, Somme American Cemetery, Bony, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Gust Shellburg.