State Heroes
World War I
1918
Pvt. John Arnold Anderson
Reynolds, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 139th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 24, 1918 / Age: 29
Died of tuberculosis on Sept. 24, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Jan. 3, 1922, and buried in Grave 4006, European Section, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
1918
Ole Staxrud
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 137th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 24, 1918 / Age: 28
Killed in action on Sept. 24, 1918.
Buried, Grave 13, Row 14, Block G, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Simeon Hiram Blanchard
McClusky, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 10th Company, 3rd Battalion, 151st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: September 24, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia at Camp Devens, Mass., on Sept. 24, 1918.
Buried at McClusky, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Paul Nehls
Wittenburg, WIWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Field Hospital Company No. 245, 12th Sanitary Train
Date of Loss: September 24, 1918 / Age: 27
Died of pneumonia on Sept. 24, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2277 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Pvt.1st Class John Henry Coombes
Killdeer, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 24, 1918 / Age:
Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 1, page 610 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Sgt. Harold Guy Evans
Lisbon, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Field Hospital No. 136, 109th Sanitary Train
Date of Loss: September 24, 1918 / Age: 21
Died of broncho pneumonia, at Camp Dix, N. J., on Sept. 24, 1918.
Buried at Lisbon, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Mechanic Henry William Hebert
Chippewa Falls, WIWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 139th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division
Date of Loss: September 23, 1918 / Age: 30
Died on Sept. 23, 1918, from wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 3, Row 14, Block F, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Pvt. Clarence Victor Beckley
Paynesville, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 116th Field Signal Battalion
Date of Loss: September 22, 1918 / Age: 21
Died of pneumonia, Sept. 22, 1918, at Field Hospital, St. Angnias, Noyers, France.
Buried in St. Angnias, Noyers, France. Remains returned to U. S. on Nov. 3, 1920, and buried at Paynesville, Minn.
1918
Leonard Andrew Poe
World War I
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill.
Date of Loss: September 22, 1918 / Age: 19
Died in Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill., on Sept. 22, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
AS John Adolph Singer
Mercer, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill.
Date of Loss: September 22, 1918 / Age: 20
Died at Great Lakes, Ill., on Sept. 22, 1918.
Buried at Mercer, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Osmer James Leigh
Royalton, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 58th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 22, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia on Sept. 22, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Nov. 10, 1920, and consigned to J. E. Leigh, Royalton, Minn. (place of burial not given).
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
John Thomas Morton
Page, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 58th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 22, 1918 / Age: 25
Died on Sept. 22, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried in France; remains returned to U. S. on Nov. 18, 1920, and buried at Page, N. Dak.
Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
John Findlay Ramage
Langdon, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 465th Motor Truck Company, 417th Motor Truck Service
Date of Loss: September 22, 1918 / Age: 20
Died of pneumonia, near Neufchateau, France, on Sept. 22, 1918.
Buried in American Military Cemetery Neufchateau, France. Remains returned to U. S. on May 31, 1921, and buried in Lebanon Cemetery, Langdon, N. Dak.
1918
Sgt. James Harold Riordan
Charles City, IAWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 269th Aero Squadron
Date of Loss: September 21, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia, at St. Maxien, France, on Sept. 21, 1918.
Buried, St. Maxien, France. Reburied, Charles City, Iowa, Nov. 1, 1920.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Arthur Olson Nasset
Van Hook, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 75th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 20, 1918 / Age: 28
Died of pneumonia, Sept. 20, 1918, at Camp Lewis, Wash.
Buried, Van Hook, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.