State Heroes
World War I

Gottlieb Reily
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 137th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 24
Died on Sept. 29, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 22, Row 37, Block G, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Pvt.1st Class Orin Vern McNeil
Brittin, SDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery D, 119th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on Sept. 29, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 8, 1921, and buried at Brittin, S. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Orvin V McNeil.
Pvt. William Hollaar
Hull, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 362nd Infantry
Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action, on Sept. 29, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 17, 1921, and buried at Hull, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Cpl. Philip Edward Joos
Jamestown, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 139th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 28
Killed in action on Sept. 29, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 17, 1921, and buried at Jamestown, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Mercer and Stutsman counties.
Harry Andrew Palmer
Grace City, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 78th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 28
Died of pneumonia on Sept. 29, 1918, at Camp Custer, Mich.
Buried, Grace City, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Harry E Palmer.

Pvt. Joseph E. Appert
Hazelton, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 362nd Infantry
Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action, at Gesnes, France, on Sept. 29, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. June 14, 1921, and buried at Hazelton, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Pvt. Clifford Lane
Crystal, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 362nd Infantry Regiment, 91st Division
Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action, on Sept. 29, 1918.
Buried, Grave 1, Row 9, Block G, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Tony Momonie
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 139th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on Sept. 29, 1918.
Buried, Grave 25, Row 41, Block A, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Pvt. Charles Edward Kern
Pembina, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 362nd Infantry Regiment, 91st Division
Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Sept. 29, 1918.
Buried in Grave no. 40, Row 26, Block F, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Arthur Selmer Lee
Ashby, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 139th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 26
Killed in action, Argonne Woods, Sept. 29, 1918.
Grave unlocated.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

2nd Lt. Arthur Conner
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 372nd Infantry Regiment, 93rd Division
Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 32
Killed in action on Sept. 29, 1918.
Buried in Grave No. 25, Row 43, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Delbert Benjamin Van Allen
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 362nd Infantry
Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on Sept. 29, 1918.
Buried, Grave 32, Row 23, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Ole John Larson
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 139th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on Sept. 29, 1918.
Grave unlocated.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Lieutenant Colonel Frederick E. Smith
Rockford, IL
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 308th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 45
When communication from the forward regimental post of command to the battalion leading the advance had been interrupted temporarily, by the infiltration of small parties of the enemy armed with machine guns, Lieutenant-Colonel Smith personally led a p

Pvt. Gust Kruger
Madison, SDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Division
Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 22
Died on Sept. 29, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 33, Row 43, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.