State Heroes
World War I
1922
Sgt. Cyrus Daniel Sweeney
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Supply Company, 13th Infantry
Date of Loss: June 26, 1922 / Age: 31
Died of pneumonia on June 26, 1922, at Oroville, Wash.
Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1922
Pvt. Fred Robert Ketcham
Havana, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 138th Infantry
Date of Loss: April 20, 1922 / Age: 28
Died at Englewood, Colo., on April 20, 1922.
Buried, Havana, N. Dak.
Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1921
Oscar Melsted
Gardar, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Date of Loss: October 11, 1921 / Age: 23
Died from accident in old wound, on Oct. 11, 1921.
Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1921
Pvt.1st Class Axel Efrick Adamson
Jamestown, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: June 22, 1921 / Age: 33
Died at Jamestown, N. Y., on June 22, 1921.
Buried in Lake View Cemetery, Jamestown, N. Y.
Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1921
Pvt.1st Class John I. Sveum
Galesburg, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 358th Infantry
Date of Loss: June 10, 1921 / Age: 25
Died in Minneapolis, Minn., on June 10, 1921.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Traill county.
1920
Pvt. Harold Lyster
Marshall, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery C, 124th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: November 18, 1920 / Age: 28
Died at State Hospital, Jamestown, on Nov. 18, 1920, and buried in the Marshall Cemetery, at Marshall, N. Dak., on Nov. 20, 1920.
Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1920
Pvt.1st Class Edward Huft
Harvey, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 26th Infantry
Date of Loss: November 15, 1920 / Age: 22
Died, Nov. 15, 1920, at Minneapolis, Minn.
Buried, Harvey, N. Dak.
Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1920
Saddler Harry Kotschorek
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 1st Division Engineer Train
Date of Loss: September 27, 1920 / Age: 25
Died on Sept. 27, 1920, surgical shock following operation.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1920
Cpl. Horace Eugene Preston
Grand Forks, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 19th Division, Supply Train
Date of Loss: July 25, 1920 / Age: 30
Died at Grand Forks, N. Dak., on July 25, 1920.
Buried at Grand Forks, N. Dak.
Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1920
QMA1 John Joseph Jollie
St. John, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Naval Aeronautic Station, Pensacola, Fla.
Date of Loss: February 20, 1920 / Age: 31
Died at Naval Hospital, San Diego, Calif., on Feb. 20, 1920.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1920
John William Well
Cavalier, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: February 06, 1920 / Age: 23
Died on Feb. 6, 1920, at Cavalier, N. Dak.
Buried, Cavalier, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1920
John Alfred Johanson
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 352nd Infantry
Date of Loss: January 14, 1920 / Age: 27
Died of tuberculosis on Jan. 14, 1920.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1525 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1919
Pvt. Ross Rankin Sherwood
Almont, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: December 29, 1919 / Age: 24
Died of disease at Bereszoka, Siberia, on Dec. 29, 1919.
Burial, Almont, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1919
Lewis Swingen
Hannaford, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 319th Engineers
Date of Loss: September 29, 1919 / Age: 23
Died at Fort Bayard, N. Mex., on Sept. 29, 1919.
Buried at Hannaford, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Lewis Swingren.
1919
Nickodemus Ereth
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 3rd Spruce Squadron, Spruce Production Division
Date of Loss: September 15, 1919 / Age: 28
Died of broncho pneumonia, on Sept. 15, 1919.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 1, page 847 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.