State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Clarence Thomas Butler
Newry, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 132nd Infantry
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 31
Killed in action on Oct. 9, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. Sept. 12, 1921, and buried at Newry, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Clarence A Butler.
1918
David Daniel Nehrenberg
Drake, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: May 02, 1918 / Age: 21
Killed in action, on Cantigny Front, May 2, 1918.
Buried, Grave No. 72, American Cemetery No. 176. Reburied, Drake, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Otto Peter Smith
Harvey, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery C, 42nd Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 27
Died at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried, Harvey, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Ray C. Forland
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: April 18, 1918 / Age: 31
Died of pneumonia, on April 18, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 951 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Pvt. Eugene Farnam
Inkster, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 313th Sanitary Train
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of influenza on Oct. 7, 1918.
Buried, Harricourt, France, Grave 50. Remains returned to U. S. Oct. 31, 1921, and buried at Inkster, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Cpl. Einar Brateng
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 39th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 27, 1918 / Age: 26
Killed in action on Sept. 27, 1918.
Buried, Grave 18, Row 25, 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
George Hughes Hayden
Carpio, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Supply Company, 40th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 29
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried at Carpio, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
William E Brown
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 3rd Company, Veterinary Training School
Date of Loss: October 24, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of pneumonia, at Lodi, Wis., on Oct. 24, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Wagoner Rushton Michel Jones
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Supply Company, 77th Infantry
Date of Loss: December 26, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Dec. 26, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Emmons Victor Linwell
Northwood, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, Development Battalion No. 1
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of broncho pneumonia on Oct. 6, 1918, at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Buried at Northwood, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Cpl. George Thomas Christensen
Flaxton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Motor Truck Company No. 471, 418th Motor Supply Train
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 21
Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 9, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. May 31, 1921, and buried at Flaxton, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Arthur Thomas Solie
Ada, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 360th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 15, 1918 / Age: 27
Killed in action on Sept. 15, 1918.
Buried, Grave 18, Row 18, Block D, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiacourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Private Walter C. Alberts
Fort Snelling, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F
Date of Loss: June 12, 1918 / Age: 19
Died at Fort Snelling, Minn., June 12, 1918.
Buried, Fort Snelling, Minn.
Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Erick Ofstad
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 359th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 27
Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.
Grave unlocated.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. William Borgen
Hannah, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 23rd Infantry
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on Oct. 6, 1918.
Buried in Grave 24, Section 97, Plot 1, Argonne-American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France. Remains returned to U. S. Sept. 12, 1921, and buried in Hannah Cemetery, Hannah, N. Dak.
1918
Christ Sorlee
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Supply Company, 78th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 18, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 18, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.