State Heroes Total:
3932
Service Branch

World War I

Thomas Francis Devaney photo 1918

Thomas Francis Devaney

Vail, IA

World War I

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.

Albert Franklin Nelson photo 1918

Sargent Albert Franklin Nelson

Leonard, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 164th Infantry Regiment, Americal Division

Date of Loss: June 19, 1918 / Age: 27

Killed in Action on July 19, 1918. Buried in Cemetery C-39, Located in the Commune of Courmelles, Aisne; re-buried at Leonard, Richland County, North Dakota.

Dovie Webster Carter photo 1918

Sgt.1st Class Dovie Webster Carter

Springfield, IL

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 638th Aero Squadron

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

Died at Lay St. Reny, France, on Dec. 6, 1918, as a result of accidental injuries.

Buried, Grave 2, Row 15, Block C, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.

Knute Jorgenson photo 1918

Pvt. Knute Jorgenson

Grand Forks, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: November 10, 1918 / Age: 26

Killed in action on Nov. 10, 1918.

Buried in France. Reburied in East Walle Cemetery, Grand Forks county, N. Dak.

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

Christ Sortland photo 1918

Christ Sortland

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 138th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 24

Killed in action on Oct. 1, 1918.

Buried, Grave 32, Section 18, Block 1, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France. Remains returned to Norway, and consigned to Ole John Sortland, Bergen, Norway.

Emil Lyman Newman photo 1918

Emil Lyman Newman

Carthage, IL

World War I

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.

Wyatt E. Silker photo 1918

Pvt.1st Class Wyatt E. Silker

Babcock, IA

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 23

Killed in action on Oct. 1, 1918.

Buried, Grave 31, Row 23, Block A, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Edwin George Quarne photo 1918

S2c Edwin George Quarne

Towner, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Naval Air Station, L'Aber Vrach, France

Date of Loss: December 04, 1918 / Age: 31

Died at L'Aber Vrach, France, on Dec. 4, 1918.

Buried at Towner, N. Dak.

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

Loe James Billings photo 1918

Pvt.1st Class Loe James Billings

Lisbon, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 303rd Field Signal Battalion

Date of Loss: October 22, 1918 / Age: 29

Killed in action on Oct. 22, 1918.

Buried in France. Reburied at Lisbon, N. Dak.

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

Elmer Hiatt photo 1918

Pvt. Elmer Hiatt

Flagler, IA

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 27

Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 19, 1921, and buried in Grave 3307, European Section, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.

Arthur Eugene Shaw photo 1918

Pvt.1st Class Arthur Eugene Shaw

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 23

Killed in action at Argonne Forest, Oct. 10, 1918.

Buried in Grave 8, Row 37, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Albert Herman Rohde photo 1918

Albert Herman Rohde

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 36th Company, 161st Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 30

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 6, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 4, page 2741 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Frank B. Peterman photo 1918

Frank B. Peterman

Chicago, IL

World War I

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.

Albert Richard Nord photo 1918

Albert Richard Nord

Carver, ND

World War I

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.

Helmer P. Stigen photo 1918

Helmer P. Stigen

Gorham, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 41st Company, 160th Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 27

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 11, 1918.

Buried, Gorham, N. Dak.

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