State Heroes

John K. Flemmer

Glen Ullin, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 4th Company, 1st Development Battalion, 166th Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: November 03, 1918 / Age: 22

Died of pneumonia, at Camp Lewis, Wash., on Nov. 3, 1918.

Buried, Glen Ullin, N. Dak.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Claude Arvel Marsh

Hope, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 164th Infantry

Date of Loss: July 20, 1918 / Age: 22

Killed in action, July 20, 1918.

Buried in Grave 21, Row 37, Block B, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Pvt.1st Class Christen Rensla

Denbigh, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery B, 335th Field Artillery

Date of Loss: October 24, 1918 / Age: 26

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 24, 1918, at Base Hospital No. 9.

Buried, French Cemetery, American Plot, St. Denis, Chateau Roux, Indre, France. Remains returned to U. S. on Jan. 25, 1922, and buried at Denbigh, N. Dak.

Joseph Alexander Preshard

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 36th Company, 9th Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 28

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 11, 1918.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Information found in Volume 3, page 2605 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Joseph LeRoy Loomis

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 30th Infantry

Date of Loss: July 15, 1918 / Age: 21

Killed in action on July 15, 1918.

Buried in Grave 22, Row 27, Block B, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Serings-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Edward Metzger

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery F, 339th Field Artillery

Date of Loss: October 29, 1918 / Age: 23

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 29, 1918.

Buried, Grave 19, Row 7, Block B, Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, Aisne, France.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Pvt. Albert H. Floyd

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 164th Infantry

Date of Loss: July 19, 1918 / Age: 24

Killed in action on July 19, 1918.

Buried in France. Reburied in Southfields, London, S. W. 18, England.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Raymond V. Kirkey

Minot, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 164th Infantry

Date of Loss: July 18, 1918 / Age: 24

Killed in action on July 18, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S., on July 25, 1921, and consigned to Mrs. Mary Kirkey, Minot, N. Dak. (place of burial not given).

Harry J. Pederson

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 128th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 23

Killed in action on Oct. 15, 1918.

Buried in Grave 22, Row 16, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Pvt.1st Class Thomas James Mealy

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 164th Infantry

Date of Loss: July 19, 1918 / Age: 21

Killed in action on July 19, 1918.

Buried, Grave 7, Row 22, Block C, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Grand Forks county.

Thor Elias Vatsvik

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 140th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 28

Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918. 

Remains returned to Norway and consigned to Alaphias Vatsvik, Skjareham, Norway. (place of burial not given).

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Harold C. Greer

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.

Thomas Witchic

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 139th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 22

Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918.

Buried, Grave 8, Row 6, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Leo E. Stovern

Rosholt, SD

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 362nd Infantry

Date of Loss: September 30, 1918 / Age: 27

Killed in action on Sept. 30, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 12, 1921, and buried in Bethania Cemetery, Rosholt, S. Dak.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Pvt.1st Class Basil Skraba

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 164th Infantry

Date of Loss: July 18, 1918 / Age: 23

Killed in action on July 18, 1918.

Grave unlocated.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Fireman Third Class Earl Dorencourt Young

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Comfort

Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 23

Died on USS Comfort, at New York, N. Y., on Oct. 5, 1918.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.