State Heroes
World War I
James J. Regnery
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: February 19, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on Feb. 19, 1918.
Buried in Grave 16, Row 19, Block B, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
George Chell
Centre City, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery E, 338th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: February 19, 1918 / Age: 29
Died of pneumonia on Feb. 19, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 1, page 537 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Barney Kartenson
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Aviation Section, Signal Corps
Date of Loss: February 17, 1918 / Age: 21
Died of pneumonia, on Feb. 17, 1918.
Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1630 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Coxswain Charles Otto Morgenstern
World War I
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS New York
Date of Loss: February 16, 1918 / Age: 21
Died on USS New York, on Feb. 16, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2220 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Frederick William Miller
Wing, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 362nd Infantry
Date of Loss: February 16, 1918 / Age: 22
Died at Camp Lewis, Wash., on Feb. 16, 1918.
Buried, Wing, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Joseph J. Taylor
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 313th Ordnance Mobile Repair Shop
Date of Loss: February 15, 1918 / Age: 24
Died on Feb. 15, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 3192 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Cpl. Roy Matthews
Mattoon, ILWorld 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
Wing, NDWorld 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
East St. Louis, ILWorld 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
Towner, NDWorld 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
Linton, NDWorld 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
Denison, IAWorld 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
Simcoe, NDWorld 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.