State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Pvt. Elmer Taylor Sidman
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 18, 1918 / Age: 20
Killed in action, near Soissons, on July 18, 1918.
Grave unlocated.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Morton county.
1918
Jacob Schock
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 16th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 19, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on July 19, 1918.
Buried in France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
William Clyde Robinson
Vernon, WV
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 39th Regiment, Transportation Corps
Date of Loss: November 12, 1918 / Age: 24
Died, as a result of being struck by train, on Nov. 12, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Feb. 15, 1921, and buried in Robinson Cemetery, Vernon, W. Va.
Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
William Emanuel Olsen
Minneapolis, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 54th Pioneer Infantry
Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 30
Died in France, on Oct. 4, 1918.
Buried in Argonne-American Cemetery.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Walter Gustav Daschner
Hunter, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery D, 40th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 17, 1918.
Buried at Hunter, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Oscar Ekstrom
Valley Springs, SD
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 7th Machine Gun Battalion, 3rd Division
Date of Loss: July 30, 1918 / Age: 21
Died on July 30, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried in Grave 10, Row 10, Block A, Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Cook Rudolph Chloupek
Mahnomen, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 359th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 30, 1918 / Age: 29
Died on Oct. 30, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried in American Cemetery, Senoncourt, Meuse, France; reburied at Mahnomen, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Henry Krohn
Omemee, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 140th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division
Date of Loss: September 30, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Sept. 30, 1918, at Meuse-Argonne.
Buried in Grave 19, Row 35, Block A, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Sidney Birch Stephens
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 24, 1918 / Age: 32
Died of broncho pneumonia on Oct. 24, 1918.
Buried, Grave 37, Row 41, Block D, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
William H. Cameron
Glasston, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 77th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 8, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 1, page 484 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Pvt. William Johnson
Glover, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: January 09, 1918 / Age: 20
Died of pneumonia, at Winchester, England, on Jan. 9, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. June 14, 1920, and buried in Grave 36, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
1918
John Larsen
Beach, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 33rd Company, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 6, 1918.
Buried, Beach, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
James Francis Buckley
Fort Rice, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:1st Battalion
Date of Loss: April 15, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of pneumonia at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on April 15, 1918.
Buried at Fort Rice, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
John Batsch
Cleveland, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 10th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 10, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 1, page 195 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Pvt. Harold William Beltman
Tower City, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 79th Company, 6th Regiment
Date of Loss: June 14, 1918 / Age: 20
Killed in action on June 14, 1918.
Burial, Section C, Plot 3, Cemetery 1764; reinterred at Tower City, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Herman G. Helgeson
Walcott, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 137th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action Sept. 28, 1918.
Buried, American Cemetery, Chatel Chehery, Argennes, France. Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 10, 1921, and buried at Walcott, N. Dak.