State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
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.
1918
Private Ole R. Aase
Crosby, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 138th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:35th Division
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 31
Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.
Buried, Grave 3, Row 38, 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
Louis A. Lien
Rothsay, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 128th Infantry
Date of Loss: November 10, 1918 / Age: 29
Killed in action on Nov. 10, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 29, 1921, and buried in South Immanuel Cemetery, Trondhjem township, Rothsay, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Earl D. Findlay
Valley City, ND
World War I (WWI)
Date of Loss: November 11, 1918 / Age:
Name NOT 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
Ralph Linden Helmer
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 34th Company, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Grant, Ill., on Oct. 11, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Cpl. Lewis Daniel Clark
New Rockford, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 58th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 32
Killed in action on Oct. 6, 1918, in the Argonne.
Remains returned to U. S. Sept. 12, 1921, and buried at New Rockford, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Edgar Markell Boyd
Rolla, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 19, 1918 / Age: 20
Killed in action on July 19, 1918.
Buried in Grave 37, Row 32, 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
Pvt. Frank Benedict Holicky
Lakota, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 9th Marchine Gun Battalion
Date of Loss: July 15, 1918 / Age: 21
Killed in action at Chateau-Thierry on July 15, 1918.
Buried, Grave No. 24, Section R, Plot No. 1, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France. Remains returned to U. S. on Jan. 10, 1922, and buried at Lakota, N. Dak.
1918
Phillip John Mayer, Jr.
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Air Service
Date of Loss: May 02, 1918 / Age: 25
Died on May 2, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2120 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Cpl. Royal Osmer Gray
Lakota, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 47th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 30, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on Sept. 30, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 19, 1921, and buried at Lakota, N. Dak.
1918
Cpl. Oscar D. Keene
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 47th Infantry
Date of Loss: August 04, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on Aug. 4, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1638 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Pvt. Eugene Victor Evans
Mott, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 313th Ammunition Trains, 88th Division
Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia, at Herricourt, France, on Oct. 17, 1918.
Buried, Grave 6, Row 5, Block F, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Adolph R. Pechlat
Wahpeton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery B 41st Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of Broncho pneumonia at Camp Custer Michigan on October 11, 1918. Buried at St. Joseph's Cemetery, Brushvale, Minnesota.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Sgt. Ross Reuben Chapman
Hanover, IL
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 30th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 21
Killed in action at Meuse-Argonne, on Oct. 10, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S., Sept. 7, 1921, and buried at Hanover, Ill.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Carl Hildenbrand
Ashley, ND
World War I (WWI)
Date of Loss: November 11, 1918 / Age:
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Karl Hildenbrand.
Information NOT found in the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Pvt.1st Class John Tomala
Peirz, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 5th Field Battalion, Signal Corps
Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Oct. 4, 1918.
Buried in France. Reburied at Peirz, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Divide county.