State Heroes
World War I
1918
Seaman Buel Mills Wetherbee
World War I
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS New York
Date of Loss: June 25, 1918 / Age: 19
Died on USS New York at Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands, on June 25, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class John Lackie Robertson
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: June 24, 1918 / Age: 22
Died on June 24, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Stutsman county.
1918
Pvt. Roy Lawrence Horgan
Langdon, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 66th Company, 5th Regiment
Date of Loss: June 22, 1918 / Age: 25
Died on June 22, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Burial, France. Reinterred in Calvary Cemetery, Langdon, N. Dak., Nov. 4, 1920.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Oliver Martin Biggs
Adrian, MIWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 4th Company, 1st Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: June 21, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia, on June 21, 1918, at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Buried at Adrian, Mich.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Alfred J Lockman
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: June 20, 1918 / Age:
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Name included on the WWI Memorial at Richland County Court House.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Jay Rugg
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: June 19, 1918 / Age: 23
Died, June 19, 1918,of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 6, Row 23, Block B, Somme American Cemetery, Bony, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Burleigh county.
1918
Sargent Albert Franklin Nelson
Leonard, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 164th Infantry Regiment, Americal Division
Date of Loss: June 19, 1918 / Age: 27
Killed in Action on July 19, 1918. Buried in Cemetery C-39, Located in the Commune of Courmelles, Aisne; re-buried at Leonard, Richland County, North Dakota.
1918
Pvt. Harry E. Lean Elk
Porcupine, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company No. 2, 138th Infantry
Date of Loss: June 17, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of broncho pneumonia in England on June 17, 1918.
Buried in England. Reburied in the Porcupine Cemetery, Sioux county, N. Dak., on Sept. 25, 1920.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class James S. Cusack
Troy, NYWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 103rd Infantry
Date of Loss: June 16, 1918 / Age: 26
Killed in action on June 16, 1918.
Returned to U. S. June 29, 1921. Buried, Grave 7428, National Cemetery, Jefferson Barracks, Mo.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Cpl. Ernest Adam DeNault Robertson
World War I
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 79th Company, Quantico, Va.
Date of Loss: June 14, 1918 / Age: 18
Killed in action on June 14, 1918.
Burial, Belleau Wood Cemetery, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Cass county.
1918
Pvt. Harold William Beltman
Tower City, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 79th Company, 6th Regiment
Date of Loss: June 14, 1918 / Age: 20
Killed in action on June 14, 1918.
Burial, Section C, Plot 3, Cemetery 1764; reinterred at Tower City, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Theodore L. Braaflat
Plaza, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: June 14, 1918 / Age: 21
Died, result of railroad accident, June 14, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 29, 1921, and buried at Plaza, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Conrad Leonard Johnson
Lake Mills, IAWorld War I
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 78th Company, 6th Regiment
Date of Loss: June 14, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action, June 14, 1918.
Buried at Lake Mills, Iowa.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Edwin Walter Stickney
Sioux Falls, SDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: June 13, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of accidental gunshot wounds, on June 13, 1918.
Buried, Grave 14, Row 14, Block A, Somme American Cemetery, Bony, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Joseph Stephen Mudek
World War I
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 43rd Company, 5th Regiment
Date of Loss: June 13, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action, June 13, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2239 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.