State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
Charles Hugh Boyle
Marinette, WI
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 5th Personnel Office, 163rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 31
Died of pneumonia at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on Oct. 12, 1918.
Buried at Marinette, Wis.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Joseph Gion
Regent, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 40th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age:
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 15, 1918.
Buried at Regent, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
William John Hartman
York, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 36th Training Company, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 21
Died at Camp Grant, Ill., on Oct. 8, 1918, of influenza.
Buried, Hill Cemetery, York, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Raymond B. Thorn
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 19
Killed in action on Oct. 5, 1918.
Buried, Grave 31, Row 38, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Pvt. Benjamin Franklin Clark
Brainerd, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 23rd Infantry
Date of Loss: October 03, 1918 / Age: 30
Killed in action on Oct. 3, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S., Sept. 19, 1921, and buried at Brainerd, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Freeman L. Gravley
Sargent, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 40th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 03, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of broncho pneumonia on Oct. 3, 1918, at Camp Custer, Mich.
Buried at Sargent, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Arthur Walter Peterson
Lucy Township, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 78th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 18, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 18, 1918, at Camp Custer, Mich.
Buried, Lucy Township, Burke county, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Pvt.1st Class Gordon Marshal Lindgren
Cooperstown
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 20, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on July 20, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on May 13, 1921, and buried at Cooperstown, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Wagoner Ray Earl Vessey
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 339th Machine Gun Battalion
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried, Grave 29, Row 23, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Sergeant Gerhart Melvin Gunderson
Grand Forks, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 30th Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:8th Battalion
Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 5, 1918.
Buried, Grand Forks, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
James Meheles
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on Oct. 5, 1918.
Buried in Grave 23, Row 5, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Martin Peterson
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
George Leslie Rourke
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 24, 1918 / Age: 24
Died, July 24, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 3, Row 6, Block B, Suresnes American Cemetery, Suresnes, Seine, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Michael Sperle
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 128th Infantry
Date of Loss: November 10, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on Nov. 10, 1918.
Buried, Grave 11, Row 21, Block H, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Albert A. Bodeen
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 424th Telegraph Railway Battalion, Signal Corps
Date of Loss: October 25, 1918 / Age: 21
Died at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., of broncho pneumonia, on Oct. 25, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Walter John Thome
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 19, 1918 / Age: 19
Killed in action, near Soissons, July 19, 1918.
Buried, Grave 9, Row 36, Block B, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.