State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Pvt. Louie Foreman
Minneapolis, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 21, 1918 / Age: 21
Killed in action on July 21, 1918.
Buried in France. Reburied in Grave 4212, European Section, Arlington National Cemetery, Va.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Emil Sadek
Powers Lake, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery A, 42nd Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 20, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of spinal meningitis at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 20, 1918.
Buried, Powers Lake, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Ralph Mann
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 308th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 28
Killed in action on Oct. 12, 1918.
Buried at Verdun, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
John Nelson Stearns
Crystal, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 14th Company, Military Truck Division, Machine Gun Training Center
Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 31
Died of influenza on Oct. 5, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 3080 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Wilford Degree
Stewart, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: June 28, 1918 / Age: 19
Died on June 28, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Remains returned to U. S. on March 28, 1921, and buried in St. Boniface Cemetery, Stewart, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
James Harshey Nelson
Wyndmere, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 18th Company, Main Training Depot, Machine Gun Training Center
Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 30
Died of pnuemonia, on Oct. 4, 1918.
Buried, Wyndmere, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class John Henry Coombes
Killdeer, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 24, 1918 / Age:
Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 1, page 610 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Martin Adolph Wold
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 137th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 28
Killed in action, Sept. 26, 1918, Meuse-Argonne Offensive.
Buried, Grave 2, Row 9, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Arthur Miller Hanson
Hatton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 351st Infantry
Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 1, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. May 31, 1921, and buried at Hatton, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Grand Forks and Traill counties.
1918
Bennie A. Larson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 13th Ammunition Train
Date of Loss: October 25, 1918 / Age: 31
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 25, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 1818 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Anthony Fricke
Spirit Lake, IA
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 12th Company, 3rd Battalion, 160th Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 28
Died of broncho pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 13, 1918.
Buried at Spirit Lake, Iowa.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Fred Harold Olson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Training Center, Cemp Hancock, Ga.
Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of influenza on Oct. 4, 1918, at Camp Hancock, Ga.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
John Thomas Morton
Page, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 58th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 22, 1918 / Age: 25
Died on Sept. 22, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried in France; remains returned to U. S. on Nov. 18, 1920, and buried at Page, N. Dak.
Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
John Rabbithead
Elbowoods, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company P, 163rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: May 05, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of heart block, on May 5, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2627 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Orville Peter Kilroy
Porterville, CA
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 39
Killed in action at Argonne Forest, France, on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 9, 1921, and buried in Catholic Cemetery, Porterville, Calif.
1918
Pvt. Forrest T. D. Hume
Drake, ND
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division
Date of Loss: July 18, 1918 / Age: