State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Pvt. Iver Halvorson
Cooperstown
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 140th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division
Date of Loss: October 02, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action, on Oct. 2, 1918.
Buried, Grave 37, Row 16, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Cpl. Bert J. Potratz
Hillsboro, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 18, 1918 / Age: 20
Killed in action on July 18, 1918.
Place of burial unknown. Some place in France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Sgt. Michael James Murphy
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 97th Company, 6th Regiment
Date of Loss: July 19, 1918 / Age: 27
Killed in action, July 19, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2254 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Clarence Anton Pederson
Primrose, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 34th Company, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 29
Died of pneumonia at Camp Grant, Ill., on Oct. 7, 1918.
Buried in Primrose township, Steele county, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Traill county.
1918
Pvt. John Florhaug
Kensal, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 147th Machine Gun Battalion
Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action, at Meuse-Argonne, on Oct. 4, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 10, 1921, and buried at Kensal, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Private Leo Matt Muchvitsch
Wahpeton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 139th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 27
Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S., Oct. 10, 1921, and buried at Wahpeton, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Cpl. William F. Thiele
Chicago, IL
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 11th Company, 3rd Battalion, 160th Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 18, 1918 / Age: 31
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 18, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 3205 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Cpl. Axel Herman Leander
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on Oct. 8, 1918.
Buried in Grave 31, Row 4, 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
Private John Elstar Conway
Larimore, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L
Date of Loss: July 21, 1918 / Age: 18
Killed in action on July 21, 1918.
Buried, Grave 26, Row 44, 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
Pvt. Albertus Kamps
Hull [sic], ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 358th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 12, 1918 / Age: 31
Killed in action on Sept. 12, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. Aug. 5, 1921, and buried in Grave 2827, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
1918
Henry W. Karsten
Long Prairie, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 40th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 15, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1630 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Harry H. Larendeau
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
Pvt. Matthew Brew
Dickinson, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: March 01, 1918 / Age: 20
Died on March 1, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried in France. Reburied at Dickinson, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
John M. Larson
Houston, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 140th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on Oct. 1, 1918.
Buried, Grave 22, Row 43, 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
Johannes Frederick Jagd
Valley City, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery B, 42nd Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 29
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried at Valley City, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Lewis O. Huus
Hatton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 139th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 15, 1921, and buried in Zoar Congressional Cemetery, Hatton, N. Dak.