State Heroes

Pvt.1st Class William James Blair

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 139th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division

Date of Loss: January 25, 1919 / Age: 27

Died of pneumonia at Bazoilles-Sur-Meuse, France, on Jan. 25, 1919.

Buried, Grave 29, Row 16, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Peter G. Iverson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company No. 12, 3rd Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: January 23, 1919 / Age: 18

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

Buried at Grand Forks, N. Dak.

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

Anton Labolewich

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Medical Detachment

Date of Loss: January 22, 1919 / Age: 23

Died of influenza on Jan. 22, 1919.

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

Pvt. John Delbert Boehnke

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 137th Infantry

Date of Loss: January 19, 1919 / Age: 23

Died of pleurisy on Jan. 19, 1919, at Hospital No. 29, Martinguey-les-Baines, France, and buried at same place.

Remains returned to U. S. June 23, 1921, and buried in Grave 2919, European Section, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.

Pvt. Edwin Herman Witcik

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: January 17, 1919 / Age: 25

Died of broncho pneumonia, Jan. 17, 1919.

Buried in Grave 468, Cemetery 6, Bazailles sur Meuse, France. Remains returned to U. S. May 31, 1921, and buried in Springvale Cemetery, three miles north of Fargo, N. Dak.

Nurse Nora Emile Anderson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Base Hospital No. 68

Date of Loss: January 16, 1919 / Age: 38

Died of meningitis, on Jan. 16, 1919.

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

Information found in Volume 1, page 87 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Pvt.1st Class David K. O'Brien

Wilton, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: January 12, 1919 / Age: 19

Died of wounds received in action, Jan. 12, 1919.

Buried at Bazoilles, France. Remains returned to U.S. on Dec. 16, 1921, and buried in Riverview Cemetery, Wilton, N. Dak.

Pvt. Homer Pearl Johnson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 140th Infantry

Date of Loss: January 11, 1919 / Age: 26

Died of diphtheria, at Embarkation Hospital, Newport News, Va., on Jan. 11, 1919.

Buried at Carson, N. Dak.

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

Sgt. Gerald Aaron Haskin

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Quartermaster Corps

Date of Loss: January 09, 1919 / Age: 18

Died of pneumonia, at New York, N. Y., on Jan. 9, 1919.

Buried at Oberon, N. Dak.

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

Johan Alfred Barstad

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Provost Guard Company

Date of Loss: January 02, 1919 / Age: 27

Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Jan. 2, 1919.

Buried at Nome, N. Dak.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as John E Barstad.

Mess Sgt. Roy N. Tackaberry

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 352nd Infantry

Date of Loss: December 30, 1918 / Age: 27

Died of heart disease on Dec. 30, 1918.

Buried in American Cemetery No. 22, Savenay, France. Remains returned to U. S. Jan. 24, 1922, and buried Grave 4191, European Section, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.

Wagoner Rushton Michel Jones

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Supply Company, 77th Infantry

Date of Loss: December 26, 1918 / Age: 22

Died of pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Dec. 26, 1918.

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

Cpl. Ernest Harrison

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 1st Gas Regiment

Date of Loss: December 25, 1918 / Age: 27

Died of pneumonia, at Base Hospital No. 15, Chaumont, France, on Dec. 25, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. June 6, 1921, and buried at Spiritwood, N. Dak.

Arthur W. Phin

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Detachment C, Medical Corps

Date of Loss: December 21, 1918 / Age: 37

Died on Dec. 21, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 3, page 2569 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Victor Edward Bloomgren

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Medical Department, 164th Infantry

Date of Loss: December 19, 1918 / Age: 24

Died of typhoid fever at Bazoilles sur Meuse, Vosges, France, on Dec. 19, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on May 24, 1921, and buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, (Blue Island), Chicago, Ill.