State Heroes

2nd Lt. Lester Mills Smith

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery C, 107th Field Artillery

Date of Loss: October 02, 1918 / Age: 26

Killed in action on Oct. 2, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. Sept. 6, 1921, and buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Grand Forks, N. Dak.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Pvt. John Van Lishout

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company No. 33, 9th Battalion, 153rd Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: October 02, 1918 / Age: 29

Died on Oct. 2, 1918.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Information found in Volume 4, page 3327 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

John M. Larson

World War I

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.

Sgt. Edwin Oscar Estby

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 78th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 29

Died of pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 1, 1918.

Buried at Falsen, N. Dak.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Arthur C. Larson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 140th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 24

Killed in action at Exermont, France, on Oct. 1, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on July 28, 1921, and buried in Grave 2444, European Section, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.

Edward Philip O'Malley

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 128th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 29

Killed in action on Oct. 1, 1918.

Buried in Grave 37, Row 17, Block H, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Pvt.1st Class Wyatt E. Silker

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 164th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 23

Killed in action on Oct. 1, 1918.

Buried, Grave 31, Row 23, Block A, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Thedor G. Larson

World War I

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.

Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 15, 1921, and buried at Nearson, Minn.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Christ Lien

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 140th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 24

Killed in action, on Oct. 1, 1918.

Buried, Grave 1, 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.

Chris Emil Larson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 138th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 22

Killed in action on Oct. 1, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on Feb. 25, 1922, and buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Mt. Carroll, Ill.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Pvt.1st Class Wilhelm Hanson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 351st Infantry

Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 28

Died of pneumonia, at Hericourt, France, on Oct. 1, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. May 25, 1921, and buried at Spring Valley, N. Dak.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Arthur Miller Hanson

World War I

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.

Pvt. Niels Jensen

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 137th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division

Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 29

Killed in action on Oct. 1, 1918.

Buried, Grave 36, Row 31, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

2nd Lt. Harry Blaine Randolph

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Students Army Training Corps

Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 39

Died of pneumonia, at Fort Sheridan, Ill., on Oct. 1, 1918.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Pvt. Emil Henry Kaehn

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 137th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division

Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 22

Missing in Action or Buried at Sea.

Killed in action on Oct. 1, 1918.

Grave unlocated. Tablets of the Missing at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne, France