State Heroes
World War I
1919
Christopher Oleson
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery D, 12th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: February 20, 1919 / Age: 22
Died of broncho pneumonia at Coblenz, Germany, on Feb. 20, 1919.
Remains returned to U. S. on July 24, 1920, and buried in Grave 172, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
1919
Cpl. Oscar Gerald Gunderson
Grand Forks, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: February 20, 1919 / Age: 21
Died of pneumonia on Feb. 20, 1919.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Nov. 10, 1920, and buried at Grand Forks, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1919
Farrier Orville Taylor Haughtelin
Starkweather, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: February 18, 1919 / Age: 24
Died of heart failure at Neuf Chateau, France, on Feb. 18, 1919.
Buried, Grave 4, Row 41, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1919
John Nelson
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 358th Infantry
Date of Loss: February 12, 1919 / Age: 31
Died of tuberculosis on Feb. 12, 1919.
Buried, Grave 15, Row 39, Block A, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1919
Tom A. Shirek
Lankin, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 139th Infantry
Date of Loss: February 11, 1919 / Age: 23
Died of scarlet fever, on Feb. 11, 1919.
Buried, Grave 14, Row 12, Block D, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1919
Cpl. Ludvig Lorentz Tuft
Garden, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 6th Infantry
Date of Loss: February 07, 1919 / Age: 27
Died of pneumonia, at sea, on Feb. 7, 1919.
Buried, Garden, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1919
Pvt.1st Class Lewis D. Weeks
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 220th Company, Military Police Corps, Aviation Section, Production Center No. 2
Date of Loss: February 06, 1919 / Age: 21
Died of accidental shot, on Feb. 6, 1919.
Buried, Feb. 7, 1919, in Grave 50, Cemetery 159, Romorantin, France. Remains returned to U. S. on Nov. 17, 1920, and consigned to Lewis J. Weeks, Prole, Iowa. (place of burial not given).
1919
Wagoner Einar E. Orbom
St. Paul, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Field Hospital No. 41
Date of Loss: February 06, 1919 / Age: 23
Died on Feb. 6, 1919, of pneumonia.
Buried, Grave 31, Row 14, Block H, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1919
Lt. Col. Gilbert Collins Grafton
South Fargo, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: US Army Air Service School
Date of Loss: February 05, 1919 / Age: 58
Died at Camp Hospital No. 24, AEF, on Feb. 5, 1919.
Buried, Grave 6, Row 9. Block B, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1919
Pvt.1st Class Allan Guy Thayer
Bismarck, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery D, 41st Field Artillery
Date of Loss: February 04, 1919 / Age: 28
Died at Base Hospital, Camp Custer, Mich., on Feb. 4, 1919, from peritonitis.
Buried, Fairview cemetery, Bismarck, N. Dak., Feb. 7, 1919.
Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1919
Lemuel Morgan Wells
Cando, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 26th Engineers
Date of Loss: February 03, 1919 / Age: 28
Died of broncho pneumonia, at Bordeaux, France, on Feb. 3, 1919.
Buried at Gironde, France. Remains returned to U. S. on Nov. 10, 1920, and buried at Cando, N. Dak.
1919
Pvt.1st Class Carl Bostrom Jr.
McHenry, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery B, 1st Trench Mortar Battalion
Date of Loss: February 03, 1919 / Age: 21
Died at Mesves Hospital Center, Army Postoffice No. 798, France, on Feb. 3, 1919.
Buried, Grave 36, Row 1, Block C, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.
1919
Cpl. Melvin Johnson
Rolette, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 78th Infantry
Date of Loss: February 03, 1919 / Age: 28
Died at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on Feb. 3, 1919.
Buried at Rolette, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1919
Peter Nelson
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Salvage Division, Quartermaster Corps
Date of Loss: January 29, 1919 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia on Jan. 29, 1919.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2307 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1919
Cpl. Carl Waldemar Ellingson
Reynolds, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Field Hospital No. 128, 107th Sanitary Train
Date of Loss: January 25, 1919 / Age: 29
Died at Coblenz, Germany, on Jan. 25, 1919.
Buried at Coblenz, Germany. Remains returned to U. S. on July 29, 1920, and consigned to Swen Ellingson, Reynolds, N. Dak. (place of burial not given).