State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
William D. Martin
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 350th Infantry
Date of Loss: May 18, 1918 / Age: 19
Died of pneumonia on May 18, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2095 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Alfred B. Larsen
Cooperstown
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 138th Infantry
Date of Loss: December 13, 1918 / Age: 25
Died on Dec. 13, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 22, Row 18, Block C, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiacourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.
1918
William Reynolds
Grafton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 352nd Infantry
Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia, at American Base Hospital, Hericourt, France, on Oct. 8, 1918.
Buried at Hericourt, France. Remains returned to U. S. May 31, 1921, and buried at Grafton, N. Dak.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Lauren Paul Wirkus
Minto, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 5th Field Battalion, Signal Corps
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried, Grave 26, Row 4, Block H, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Martin J Mikkelson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 14th Trench Mortar Battery
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 6, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2156 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Pvt. James Andrew Conery
Graceville, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery B, 127th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried in France; remains returned to U. S. on Nov. 18, 1920, and buried in Lakeside Cemetery, Graceville, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Henry William Sumner
Fingal, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 16th Company, 4th Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 23
Died at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on Oct. 11, 1918, of pneumonia.
Buried, Fingal, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Archie C. Fortin
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: 29
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 17, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 955 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Carl Alfred Arneson
Coulee, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:First Battalion
Date of Loss: May 09, 1918 / Age: 29
Died of broncho pneumonia on May 9, 1918.
Buried at Coulee, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
1st Lt. Kennedy Scott Wanner
Cooperstown, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 308th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on Oct. 5, 1918.
Buried, Grave 25, Row 6, Block A, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Christof C. Brending
Devils Lake, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 361st Infantry
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 27
Killed in action at Argonne, France, on Oct. 6, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Clarence Henry Fjerstad
Cannon Falls, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 118th Engineers
Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia, at Bellecreek, Minn., on Oct. 12, 1918.
Buried at Cannon Falls, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Eddy county.
1918
Hugh P. Minehan
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
Cook Clair Louis Bixby
Brainerd, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 04, 1918 / Age: 24
Died in France, of pneumonia, on July 4, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 26, 1920, and buried at Brainerd, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Private Jacob William Busch
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps UND Grand Forks ND
Date of Loss: November 04, 1918 / Age: 20
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 Evangelical Cemetery Pembina County North Dakota.
1918
PFC Ralph Armijo Bergan
Valley City, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 322nd Aero Squadron
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 25
Died at Urbana, Ill., on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried at Valley City, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.