State Heroes

F3 Gordon Severin Barr

World War I

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Naval Training Station, Hampton Roads, Va.

Date of Loss: June 08, 1919 / Age: 15

Died of diphtheria at Great Lakes, Ill, on June 8, 1919.

Buried at Valley City, N. Dak.

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

Sgt.1st Class Charles E. Johnston

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 875th Aero Repair Squadron

Date of Loss: June 01, 1919 / Age: 37

Died on June 1, 1919, at Base Hospital No. 91, of pneumonia.

Buried, Grave 16, Row 25, Block C, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.

Pvt.1st Class Philip Olvin Larson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 317th Field Signal Battalion

Date of Loss: May 22, 1919 / Age: 24

Died at Camp Wadsworth, S. C., on May 22, 1919.

Buried at Enderlin, N. Dak.

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

Cpl. Alexander Herrstromer

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 40th Infantry

Date of Loss: May 22, 1919 / Age: 27

Died of an accidental fracture, on May 22, 1919.

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

BGLR Benjamin Olson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: May 18, 1919 / Age: 19

Died at Hoboken, N. J., on May 18, 1919.

Buried at Valley City, N. Dak.

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

Pvt. Fay Lex Taylor

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 307th Infantry

Date of Loss: May 10, 1919 / Age: 26

Died of disease at New York City, on May 10, 1919.

Buried at Towner, N. Dak.

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

Pvt. Martin Johnson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 314th Field Signal Battalion

Date of Loss: April 24, 1919 / Age: 23

Died on April 24, 1919, as the result of an accidental discharge of a pistol.

Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 16, 1920, and buried in Hoff Cemetery, Brocket, N. Dak.

Pvt.1st Class Marshall R. Farnam

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: April 23, 1919 / Age: 26

Died of broncho pneumonia, at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on April 23, 1919.

Buried at Inkster, N. Dak.

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

Hospital Sgt. Paul W. Robinson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Medical Department, Office of Surgeon, Base Section No. 1

Date of Loss: April 22, 1919 / Age: 25

Died of diphtheria laryngitis, on April 22, 1919.

Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 11, 1920, and buried in Hillside Cemetery, North Adams, Mass.

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

Seaman 2c Floyd Fredric Young

World War I

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS New Mexico

Date of Loss: April 20, 1919 / Age: 24

Died on USS New Mexico, at New York, N. Y., on April 20, 1919.

Buried at Neche, N. Dak.

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

2nd Lt. Fred Merrill Locklin

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: April 14, 1919 / Age: 22

Died at Fort Snelling, Minn., of Pneumoncocus Meningitis, on April 14, 1919.

Buried, Grand Forks, N. Dak.

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

PFC Elmer Hartlet Thompson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 1st Heavy Artillery Motor Ordnance Repair Shop

Date of Loss: April 06, 1919 / Age: 27

Died at Coblenz, Germany, on April 6, 1919.

Buried at Coblenz, Germany. Remains returned to U. S. July 29, 1920, and buried at Fargo, N. Dak.

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

Pvt. Fred William Berner

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 21st Engineers

Date of Loss: April 02, 1919 / Age: 25

Died of pneumonia, on April 2, 1919, at Base Hospital No. 87, Toul, Meuse.

Remains returned to U. S. on May 23, 1921, and buried in Grave 1770, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.

Andor Christian Nelson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 12th Company, 3rd Training Battalion, 151st Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: April 01, 1919 / Age: 24

Died at Camp Devens, Mass., on April 1, 1919.

Buried at Fort Ransom, N. Dak.

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

AS Clarence Philip Hickner

World War I

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Scranton

Date of Loss: March 28, 1919 / Age: 18

Died on USS Scranton on March 28, 1919.

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

Information found in Volume 2, page 1347 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.