State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Carl Fristad
Harmon, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 5th Training Regiment, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia at Camp Grant, Ill., on Oct. 5, 1918.
Buried at Harmon, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Thomas Francis Devaney
Vail, IA
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 18th Company, 5th Regiment
Date of Loss: June 12, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action, June 12, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 1, page 714 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Emil Lyman Newman
Carthage, IL
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 20th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 28, 1918 / Age: 17
Died in Base Hospital, Fort Riley, Kans., on Oct. 28, 1918.
Buried, Carthage, Ill.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Cpl. Lyle S. Sitler
Randall, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 109th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried in Grave 167, Section 43, Plot 4, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 12, 1921, and buried at Randall, Minn.
1918
Howard Grant McLean
Forest River, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 16th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 18, 1918 / Age: 21
Killed in action on July 18, 1918.
Buried in France. Grave unlocated.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Frank B. Peterman
Chicago, IL
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 137th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 26
Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918.
Buried, Grave 35, Row 19, Block G, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Albert Richard Nord
Carver, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 358th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 14, 1918 / Age: 30
Died on Sept. 14, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Remains returned to U. S. on June 20, 1921, and buried in West Union Cemetery, Carver, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Magnus H. Bjornson
Mountain, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 78th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 5, 1918.
Buried at Mountain, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Cpl. Lynn Fancis Spiering
Hillsboro, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 20, 1918 / Age: 20
Killed in action on July 20, 1918.
Grave unlocated.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Seaman John George Bender
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: SS Pioneer
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 20
Died in Naval Hospital, New York, on Oct. 13, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
First Lieutenant Samuel Lee Avis
Jamestown, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Engineers
Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 28
Died at Camp Humphreys, Va., of influenza and pneumonia, on Oct. 12, 1918.
Place of burial, Jamestown, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Carl Elmer Bergstoe
Milnor, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 50th Infantry
Date of Loss: May 23, 1918 / Age: 19
Died of measles and broncho pneumonia, at Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, D. C., on May 23, 1918.
Buried at Milnor, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
George Nesseth
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
Leonard Lindy Lieth
Bartlett, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery D, 42nd Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of influenza at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried, Bartlett, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Cpl. Martin O. Leslie
Bryant, SD
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 126th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on Oct. 6, 1918.
Buried in Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Dreng H. Roisland
Kloten, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 109th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried, Grave 5, Row 2, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.