State Heroes

Cpl. William R. Floyd

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 356th Infantry

Date of Loss: November 17, 1918 / Age: 24

Died of pneumonia, on Nov. 17, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on Feb. 18, 1921, and consigned to G. W. Floyd, West Plains, Mo. (place of burial not given).

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

Melvin Ostby

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 303rd Mechanics Repair Shop, Motor Transport Corps

Date of Loss: November 17, 1918 / Age: 22

Died of pneumonia on Nov. 17, 1918.

Buried in Grave 34, Row 11, Block A, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.

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

John Albert Becker

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: November 16, 1918 / Age:

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND. Listed as John A. Decker.

Information found on page 212 in the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Pvt. Harry Clinton Colby

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 35th Infantry

Date of Loss: November 15, 1918 / Age: 30

Died at Fort Rice, N. Dak., on Nov. 15, 1918.

Buried at Fort Rice, N. Dak.

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

Pvt. Henry P. Burg

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 307th Field Signal Battalion

Date of Loss: November 15, 1918 / Age: 24

Died of accidental gunshot wounds, on Nov. 15, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on Nov. 10, 1920, and buried in St. Mary's Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.

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

Kenneth Mark Sollin

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 166th Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: November 13, 1918 / Age: 21

Died of pneumonia at Camp Lewis, Wash., on Nov. 13, 1918.

Buried, Woodbine Cemetery, Valley City, N. Dak.

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

CMM John Oscar Field

World War I

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters, 7th Naval District, Key West, Fla.

Date of Loss: November 13, 1918 / Age: 34

Died at Key West, Fla., on Nov. 13, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 1, page 905 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

William Clyde Robinson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 39th Regiment, Transportation Corps

Date of Loss: November 12, 1918 / Age: 24

Died, as a result of being struck by train, on Nov. 12, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on Feb. 15, 1921, and buried in Robinson Cemetery, Vernon, W. Va.

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

Arthur C. Thoren

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 9th Infantry

Date of Loss: November 12, 1918 / Age: 27

Died on Nov. 12, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 14, 1921, and buried in Grave 3522, European Section, Arlington National Cemetery, Va.

Pvt. Earl Laverne Kneeland

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 139th Infantry

Date of Loss: November 12, 1918 / Age: 24

Died of pneumonia, on Nov. 12, 1918.

Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 1, 1921, and buried at Winnebago, Minn.

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

Richard Eggen

World War I

Date of Loss: November 11, 1918 / Age:

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

Information NOT found in the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Earl E. Baker

World War I

Date of Loss: November 11, 1918 / Age:

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

Information NOT found in the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Carl J. Roardson

World War I

Date of Loss: November 11, 1918 / Age:

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

Information NOT found in the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Alfred R. Wolcott

World War I

Date of Loss: November 11, 1918 / Age:

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

Information NOT found in the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Francis M. Gordhamer

World War I

Date of Loss: November 11, 1918 / Age:

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

Information NOT found in the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.