State Heroes
World War I
Pvt. Peter David Getz
Grand Forks, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 139th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division
Date of Loss: August 24, 1918 / Age: 23
Died on Aug. 24, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 26, Row 29, Block F, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Pvt.1st Class George Harold Kuhn
Beach, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 164th Ambulance Company, 116th Sanitary Train
Date of Loss: August 21, 1918 / Age: 26
Killed in action on Aug. 21, 1918.
Buried, Grave 39, Row 35, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Edward Lawrence Ouse
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 46th Company, 12th Battalion, 160th Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: August 19, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia on Aug. 19, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2461 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Pvt.1st Class Charles T. Sampson
Scandia, PAWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 7th Engineers
Date of Loss: August 17, 1918 / Age: 36
Killed in action on Aug. 17, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on June 10, 1921, and buried in Scandia Cemetery, Scandia, Pa.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Pvt. Charles Edgar Fletcher
Prosper, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 59th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division
Date of Loss: August 15, 1918 / Age: 24
Died on Aug. 15, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 27, Row 44, Block A, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Mike Koller
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 355th Infantry
Date of Loss: August 14, 1918 / Age: 24
Died on Aug. 14, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 12, Row 23, Block C, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Pvt. Freddie James Finn
Cogswell, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 59th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division
Date of Loss: August 11, 1918 / Age: 27
Killed in action, on Aug. 11, 1918.
Buried in France. Grave unlocated. Tablets of the Missing at Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Fere-en-Tardenois, France
Henry H. Kraemer
West Union, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 131st Infantry
Date of Loss: August 11, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action, on Aug. 11, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Dec. 28, 1920, and buried at West Union, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Lance Corporal Gustave Oliver Sole
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 11th Platoon, 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles
Date of Loss: August 10, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on Aug. 10, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Oliver G Sole.
Walter M. Fry
Columbus, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: August 09, 1918 / Age: 17
Died, Aug. 9, 1918, Base Hospital No. 8, Savegnay, France, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Columbus, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Sgt. Clyde Arthur Neer
Alexander, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: School for Bakers and Cooks
Date of Loss: August 09, 1918 / Age: 29
Accidentally killed at Camp Pike, Ark., on Aug. 9, 1918.
Buried at Alexander, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Sivert Johnson
Bottineau, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 47th Infantry
Date of Loss: August 08, 1918 / Age: 26
Died on Aug. 8, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried in France. Reburied at Bottineau, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Griggs county.
Sgt. Charles Frye Hyatt
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 12th Machine Gun Battalion
Date of Loss: August 08, 1918 / Age: 28
Killed in action on Aug. 8, 1918.
Buried in France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Pvt.1st Class William John Gravell
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 47th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division
Date of Loss: August 08, 1918 / Age: 28
Died on Aug. 8, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 13, Row 16, Block A, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Frank Boehm
Oriska, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 453rd Aero Construction Squadron
Date of Loss: August 08, 1918 / Age: 22
Died at Camp 3-A, Toledo, Oregon, on Aug. 8, 1918.
Buried, Oriska, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Frank Boehn.