State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Corporal Levi Douglas Johnson
Ayr, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D
Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action near Exermond, France, on Oct. 4, 1918.
Buried, Grave 5, Row 45, Block B, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
John Henry Wilson
Kenmare, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Coast Artillery Corps, 5th Recruit Company
Date of Loss: March 29, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia at Fort Logan, Colo., on March 29, 1918.
Buried, Kenmare, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Fred Neher
Leith, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 140th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action, on Sept. 28, 1918.
Buried in Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 29, 1921, and buried at Leith, N. Dak.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Howard Mayland Beck
Granville, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery B, 321st Field Artillery
Date of Loss: November 02, 1918 / Age: 26
Killed in action on Nov. 2, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 10, 1921, and Buried in Grave 3712, European Section, Arlington National Cemetery, Va.
1918
Olaf Edward Olson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 322nd Infantry
Date of Loss: November 10, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Nov. 10, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on May 3, 1922, and buried in Grave 4427, European Section, Arlington National Cemetery, Va.
1918
Henry Ramberg
Kinloss, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 306th Infantry
Date of Loss: November 18, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of bronchitis, Nov. 18, 1918.
Buried, Grave 40, Row 22, 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
Charles Frederick Schwartz
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 139th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action, Argonne, on Sept. 28, 1918.
Buried, Grave 7, Row 23, Block G, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
PFC George Lawrence Schroeder
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 39th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 30, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action, in Meuse-Argonne, on Sept. 30, 1918.
Buried in Grave 9, Row 43, Block B, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Cpl. Irwin Elmer Gainer
Neche, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 24
Died on Oct. 7, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried in France. Reburied at Hydepark, Pembina county, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Herman Nicolay Skjerseth
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 138th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 02, 1918 / Age: 31
Killed in action, on Oct. 2, 1918, at Commune of Chatel-Chehery, Dept. Ardennes.
Buried, Grave 9, Row 26, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
William C. Schneider
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 1st Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: May 02, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia on May 2, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 2868 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Reuben Alfred Hartman
Turtle Lake, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of influenza at Camp Hancock, Ga., on Oct. 5, 1918.
Buried, Turtle Lake, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Private First Class Albert T. Vanderwaal
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:348th Machine Gun Battalion
Date of Loss: November 01, 1918 / Age: 29
Killed in action on Nov. 1, 1918.
Buried, Grave 1, Row 4, Block D, Flanders Field American Cemetery, Waereghem, Belgium.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Private Earl Laverne Kneeland
Winnebago, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D
Date of Loss: November 12, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia, on Nov. 12, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 1, 1921, and buried at Winnebago, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Private John Jacobson
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 21, 1918 / Age: 21
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
1918
Walter Johnson
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age:
Died at Army Training Corps