State Heroes

Lewis O. Huus

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 24

Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.

Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 15, 1921, and buried in Zoar Congressional Cemetery, Hatton, N. Dak.

Private Nels T. Wold

Minnewauken, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 138th Infantry Regiment

Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 22

He rendered most gallant service in aiding the advance of his company, which had been held up by machine-gun nests, advancing, with one other soldier, and silencing the guns; bringing with him, upon his return, 11 prisoners.

2nd Lt. Carl John Clementson

World War I

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 36th Company

Date of Loss: September 25, 1918 / Age: 36

Died of disease, at sea, Sept. 25, 1918.

Burial: Memorial Park Cemetery, Grand Forks, Grand Forks county, North Dakota, USA.

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

Carl Erickson Losby

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery A, 15th Field Artillery

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

Died of La Grippe on Sept. 25, 1918, at Vertusy-sur-Meuse, France.

Buried in Cemetery No. 233. Remains returned to U. S. April 18, 1922, and buried in Grave 4388, European Section, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.

Pvt. Charles Veit Hoof

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: September 25, 1918 / Age: 27

Died on Sept. 25, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried, Grave 8, Row 12, Block F, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Pvt. Dolce Louis Belgredo

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 358th Infantry Regiment, 90th Division

Date of Loss: September 25, 1918 / Age: 23

Killed in action on Sept. 25, 1918.

Buried in Grave 29, Row 29, 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 John Henry Coombes

World 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.

Pvt. John Arnold Anderson

World 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.

Paul Nehls

World 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.

Simeon Hiram Blanchard

World 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.

Sgt. Harold Guy Evans

World 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.

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.

Mechanic Henry William Hebert

World 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.

John Thomas Morton

World 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.

AS John Adolph Singer

World 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.