State Heroes

Cpl. Roy Matthews

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: February 14, 1918 / Age: 28

Died of pneumonia, on Feb. 14, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on June 14, 1921, and buried in Camp Ground Cemetery, Coles county, Mattoon, Ill.

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

Gordon Thomas Kettleson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 15th Recruit Company, General Service Infantry

Date of Loss: February 12, 1918 / Age: 18

Died of broncho pneumonia, at Post Hospital, Jefferson Barracks, Mo., on Feb. 12, 1918.

Buried at Wing. N. Dak.

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

HA1/c George Robert MacNamara

World War I

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va.

Date of Loss: February 09, 1918 / Age: 22

Died at Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va., on Feb. 9, 1918.

Buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery, East St. Louis, Ill.

Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Gilbert Wold

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery B, 338th Field Artillery

Date of Loss: February 06, 1918 / Age: 22

Died of pneumonia at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on Feb. 6, 1918.

Buried at Towner, N. Dak.

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

Dan Rozell Richardson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery F, 338th Field Artillery

Date of Loss: February 06, 1918 / Age: 22

Died of pneumonia, at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on Feb. 6, 1918.

Buried at Linton, N. Dak.

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

Peter Dethman

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 6th Battalion, 20th Engineers

Date of Loss: February 05, 1918 / Age: 37

Drowned in the sinking of the Tuscania, on Feb. 5, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 18, 1920, and buried in Grave 940, Arlington National Cemetery, Va.

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

Mechanic Arne Ramstead

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 164th Infantry

Date of Loss: February 05, 1918 / Age: 21

Died of pneumonia, on Feb. 5, 1918.

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

Melvin Strandwold

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 348th Infantry

Date of Loss: February 04, 1918 / Age: 21

Died of scarlet fever on Feb. 4, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 4, page 3130 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Christian Angel Brekke

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery E, 335th Field Artillery

Date of Loss: February 03, 1918 / Age: 26

Died of pneumonia, at Camp Pike, Ark., on Feb. 3, 1918.

Buried at Simcoe, N. Dak.

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

Louis Ousley

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: February 02, 1918 / Age: 19

Killed in action on Feb. 2, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on June 28, 1921, and buried in Riverview Cemetery, Wilton, N. Dak.

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

Wagoner Alfred West

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: January 28, 1918 / Age: 24

Died of pneumonia, on Jan. 28, 1918.

Buried, Grave 6, Row 4, Block B, Brookwood American Cemetery, Brookwood, England.