State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Cpl. John Math Hafner
Wahpeton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 20, 1918 / Age: 26
Killed in action on July 20, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Jan. 17, 1921, and buried at Wahpeton, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
HA1/c George Robert MacNamara
East St. Louis, IL
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va.
Date of Loss: February 09, 1918 / Age: 22
Died at Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va., on Feb. 9, 1918.
Buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery, East St. Louis, Ill.
Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Henry Finn
Portal, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 4th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Division
Date of Loss: July 23, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on July 23, 1918.
Buried, Grave 27, Row 18, Block A, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Roy Martinus Clementson
Powers Lake, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 357th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 17, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on Sept. 17, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S., May 13, 1922, and buried in Grandview Cemetery, Burbank, Calif.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Burnis William Hollister
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 326th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Division
Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 28
Killed in action on Oct. 12, 1918.
Buried in Grave 18, Row 32, 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
Joseph Prchal
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 40th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of bronchial pneumonia on Oct. 7, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2603 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
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
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. 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
Albert W. Wallner
New Ulm, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 19
Killed in action on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 1, 1921, and buried in Catholic Cemetery, New Ulm, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Cpl. Bolek Gosecky
Bowbells, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 31
Killed in action on Oct. 5, 1918.
Buried, Grave 38, Row 36, Block H, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Arron Holmquist
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.1st Class Ernest Julius Alfred Erickson
Wilton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 361st Infantry
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 29
Killed in action in Argonne Forest, on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried, Wilton, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Ignace Kushnir
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 27
Killed in action on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried, Grave 8, Row 29, Block G, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Private Hiram Ornn Wiper
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps UND Grand Forks ND
Date of Loss: October 25, 1918 / Age: 19
Died while serving as a member of the Student Army Training Corps on the UND campus in Grand Forks during the 1918 flu pandemic. Name included on the UND S.A.T.C. website
Buried at Forman Cemetery, Sargent County, North Dakota.