State Heroes

Cook Frank Coleman

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 58th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 02, 1918 / Age: 24

Killed in action on Oct. 2, 1918.

Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 18, 1921, and buried at Lancaster, Minn.

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

Cpl. Virgil Raymond Erickson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 02, 1918 / Age: 25

Killed in action on Oct. 2, 1918.

Buried in France. Reburied in Kato township, Ramsey county, N. Dak.

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

Pvt. Bert Melvin Fossen

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 138th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division

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

Died in Field Hospital at Buzancy, Germany, on Oct. 2, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried, Grave 34, Row 39, Block G, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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.

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.

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.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.

Ole Melvin Morken

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion

Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 26

Killed in action on Oct. 1, 1918.

Buried, Grave 14, Row 25, 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. 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.

Sgt. Jean Haywood Pearl

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters, 4th Sanitary Train

Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 32

Died on Oct. 1, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried in France. Reburied at Mound, N. Dak.

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

Christ Sortland

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

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

Killed in action on Oct. 1, 1918.

Buried, Grave 32, Section 18, Block 1, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France. Remains returned to Norway, and consigned to Ole John Sortland, Bergen, Norway.

Maurice D. Rowe

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 137th Infantry

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

Killed in action on Oct. 1, 1918.

Buried, Grave 27, Row 19, Block B, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Richard Mettler

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 306th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 25

Killed in action on Oct. 1, 1918.

Buried in Grave 33, Row 42, Block G, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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