State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Private First Class Alak Petterson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K
Date of Loss: September 11, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia on Sept. 11, 1918.
Buried, Grave 3, Row 28, Block B, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All-Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
William August Zich
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 138th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 30
Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918.
Buried, Grave 22, Row 13, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
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
Pvt. Fred M. Eager
Omemee, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: March 01, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on March 1, 1918.
Buried, Grave 29, Row 12, Block B, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Robert C. Tovsrud
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 135th Machine Gun Battalion
Date of Loss: October 31, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on Oct. 31, 1918.
Buried, Grave 17, Row 1, Block D, Flanders Field American Cemetery, Waereghem, Belgium.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Private First Class Egil Amandus Olson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M
Date of Loss: July 22, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on July 22, 1918.
Buried, Grave 28, Row 13, 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
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.
1918
John Oscar
Jerseyville, IL
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 307th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 28
Killed in action on Oct. 4, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 14, 1921, and buried in Grave 3528, European Section, Arlington National Cemetery, Va.
1918
Private Sydney Edgar Kraabel
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 19, 1918 / Age: 18
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
Buried at Hope Cemetery, Steele County, North Dakota.
1918
Pvt. Aaron Booheister
Parkersburg, IA
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 20, 1918 / Age: 26
Killed in action on July 20, 1918.
Grave unlocated. Missing in Action or Buried at Sea. Tablets of the Missing at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, France.
1918
Cpl. Herby LeRoy Johnson
Park River, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 319th Aero Service Squadron
Date of Loss: November 11, 1918 / Age: 27
Died, automobile accident, at Stamford, England, on Nov. 11, 1918.
Buried at Stamford, England. Remains returned to U. S. on April 20, 1920, and buried in Grave 115, Arlington National Cemetery, Va.
1918
Ralph Ellis Olinger
Erie, IL
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 313th Military Police
Date of Loss: October 16, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 16, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on June 6, 1921, and buried in Erie Cemetery, Erie, Ill.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Clifford Louis Lantis
Niobrara, NE
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery A, 13th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: November 01, 1918 / Age: 23
Died on Nov. 1, 1918, to wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 19, Row 5, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Elvin Erickson Nyhus
Hatton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 37th Battalion, US Guards, The Presidio
Date of Loss: October 24, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia at The Presidio, San Francisco, Calif., on Oct. 24, 1918.
Buried at Hatton, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Olaf Knutson
Hatton, ND
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 58th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division
Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age:
Killed in action.