State Heroes Total:
3940
Service Branch

World War I

Frederick E. Smith photo 1918

Lieutenant Colonel Frederick E. Smith

Rockford, IL

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 308th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 45

When communication from the forward regimental post of command to the battalion leading the advance had been interrupted temporarily, by the infiltration of small parties of the enemy armed with machine guns, Lieutenant-Colonel Smith personally led a p

Thomas Lyle Russell photo 1918

1st Lt. Thomas Lyle Russell

Minneapolis, MN

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 47th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 23

Killed in action on Oct. 4, 1918, at Bois de Brieulles.

Buried, Cemetery No. 735, Bois de Brieulles.

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

Alfred H. Youagquist photo 1918

Alfred H. Youagquist

World War I

Date of Loss: November 11, 1918 / Age:

Name NOT 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.

John A. Granlund photo 1918

Mechanic John A. Granlund

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: July 22, 1918 / Age: 25

Killed in action on July 22, 1918.

Buried, Grave 1, Row 36, Block D, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.

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

Preston George McGarry photo 1918

Preston George McGarry

Willow City, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: School for Bakers and Cooks, Camp Custer, Mich.

Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 24

Died of pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 9, 1918.

Buried at Willow City, N. Dak.

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

Leete Gladstone Van Syckle photo 1918

Leete Gladstone Van Syckle

Grand Forks, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 53rd Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 26

Died of influenza pneumonia at Camp Hancock, Ga., on Oct. 5, 1918.

Buried at Grand Forks, N. Dak.

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

George Arlington Hill photo 1918

Seaman 2c George Arlington Hill

Ardoch, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Naval Training Station, Seattle, Wash.

Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 25

Died of pneumonia at Seattle, Wash., on Oct. 13, 1918.

Buried at Ardoch, N. Dak.

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

Hobart L. Jones photo 1918

Hobart L. Jones

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Quartermaster Corps

Date of Loss: October 03, 1918 / Age: 21

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 3, 1918.

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

Joseph R. Erickson photo 1918

Pvt.1st Class Joseph R. Erickson

Cooperstown, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 39th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division

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

Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.

Buried in Grave 24, Row 43, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

George Frank Haider photo 1918

George F. Haider

St. Anthony, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company No. 1

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:77th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 26

Died of the Spanish Flu of October 6, 1918.

Information found in Volume 2, page 1177 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Willie Willprecht photo 1918

Willie Willprecht

Lidgerwood, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 34th Company 161st Depot

Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 25

Died of Pneumonia on October 7, 1918 at Camp Grant Illinois.

Buried Lidgerwood, Richland County, North Dakota.

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

Percy George Carter photo 1918

Pvt. Percy George Carter

Sheldon, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 317th Field Signal Battalion

Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 25

Died of lobar pneumonia at Base Hospital No. 53, France, on Oct. 6, 1918.

Buried, Cemetery No. 13, Grave No. 121, Langres, France. Remains returned to U. S. on May 13, 1921, and buried at Sheldon, N. Dak.

John Raymond Joyce photo 1918

Pvt. John Raymond Joyce

Crosby, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: May 17, 1918 / Age: 19

Died on May 17, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on April 5, 1921, and buried at Crosby, N. Dak.

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

August Toreson photo 1918

August Toreson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 161st Depot Brigade

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

Died on Oct. 3, 1918, of pneumonia.

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

Information found in Volume 4, page 3265 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Fred Meidinger photo 1918

Fred Meidinger

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, Development Battalion No. 1

Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 23

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 2127 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.