State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Pvt. Henry Frank Koch
Deering, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 137th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division
Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918.
Buried in Grave 30, Row 33, Block B, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Emil J. Bosh
Pisek, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 58th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division
Date of Loss: May 23, 1918 / Age: 25
Drowned in the sinking of the Moldavia, on May 23, 1918. Missing in Action or Buried at Sea.
Tablets of the Missing at Suresnes American Cemetery, Suresnes, France.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Herman Edwin Johnson
Landa, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 110th Infantry Regiment, 28th Division
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Oct. 6, 1918.
Buried, Grave 40, Row 1, 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
Pvt. Roy McKinley Basford
Troy, SD
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 128th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 21
Killed in action in battle of Argonne, on Oct. 13, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 3, 1921, and buried in Grave 2736, European Section, Arlington National Cemetery, Va.
1918
Private First Class Peter Rosle
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B
Date of Loss: August 06, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on Aug. 6, 1918.
Buried, Grave 17, Row 23, 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
George Swiggum
Hilendal, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 77th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 27
Died of pneumonia, Oct. 9, 1918, at Base Hospital, Camp Custer Mich.
Buried in Hilendal Cemetery, Hilendal township, Richland county, North Dakota.
1918
Pvt. Fred W. Dietrich
Minnewauken, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 138th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division
Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 22
Died on Sept. 29, 1918, of wounds received in Meuse-Argonne.
Buried, Grave 12, Row 25, Block H, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Private Ferl Oliver Hayes
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 24, 1918 / Age: 21
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
1918
Pvt. Michael Babich
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Division
Date of Loss: November 18, 1918 / Age: 27
Died on Nov. 18, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 17, Row 5, Block H, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Pvt. Niels Jensen
Luverne, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 137th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division
Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 29
Killed in action on Oct. 1, 1918.
Buried, Grave 36, Row 31, 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
Private Gunder Aslakson
Webster, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 352nd Infantry
Date of Loss: October 20, 1918 / Age: 28
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 20, 1918.
Buried in French Military Cemetery, Trauack (Alsace). Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 1, 1921, and buried at Webster, N. Dak.
1918
Pvt. Harry Christian Hansen
Cooperstown
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 28th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division
Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on Oct. 4, 1918.
Buried, Grave 11, Row 7, 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
Bryan Elias Raney
Rogers, AR
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 358th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 12, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on Sept. 12, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on June 22, 1921, and buried in Rogers Cemetery, Rogers, Ark.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Virgil Fredrick
Fargo, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 307th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 6, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 976 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Gerhard E Radloff
Hankinson, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 313th Engineers
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneunomia, at Herricourt, France, on Oct. 6, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. May 31, 1921, and buried in German Emmanuel Church Cemetery, Hankinson, N. Dak.
1918
Pvt. Martin J. Dahl
Loma, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 58th Infantry
Date of Loss: August 06, 1918 / Age: 27
Killed in action on Aug. 6, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on June 14, 1921, and buried at Loma, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.