State Heroes

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

PFC George Lawrence Schroeder

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 39th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 30, 1918 / Age: 24

Killed in action, in Meuse-Argonne, on Sept. 30, 1918.

Buried in Grave 9, Row 43, Block B, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Fred Casebeer

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: September 30, 1918 / Age: 25

Killed in action on Sept. 30, 1918.

Buried, Grave 34, Row 39, 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. Henry Krohn

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 140th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division

Date of Loss: September 30, 1918 / Age: 24

Killed in action on Sept. 30, 1918, at Meuse-Argonne.

Buried in Grave 19, Row 35, Block A, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Pvt. Alfred Jens Jacob Hanson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 140th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division

Date of Loss: September 30, 1918 / Age: 27

Died on Sept. 30, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried, Grave 13, Row 17, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Otto Snyder

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 139th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 30, 1918 / Age: 27

Killed in action on Sept. 30, 1918.

Buried, Grave 9, Row 23, Block G, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Pvt. Angus Guy John

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 139th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division

Date of Loss: September 30, 1918 / Age: 27

Killed in action in the Argonne campaign, France, Sept. 30, 1918.

Buried, Grave 36, Row 4, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Leo E. Stovern

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 362nd Infantry

Date of Loss: September 30, 1918 / Age: 27

Killed in action on Sept. 30, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 12, 1921, and buried in Bethania Cemetery, Rosholt, S. Dak.

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