State Heroes

Private Fred Otis Cooper

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 350th Infantry

Date of Loss: June 28, 1919 / Age: 25

Died at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Washington, D. C., on June 28, 1919.

Buried in Movius Cemetery, Lidgerwood, N. Dak.

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

Stable Sgt. Carl Lewis Hagen

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 238th Company, Military Police Corps

Date of Loss: June 26, 1919 / Age: 33

Died of pneumonia, at Camp Merritt, N. J., on June 26, 1919.

Buried at Fergus Falls, Minn.

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

Vernon Livdahl

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Field Hospital Company No. 13

Date of Loss: June 26, 1919 / Age: 20

Died at First Embarkation Hospital, Hoboken, N. J., on June 26, 1919.

Buried at Bismarck, N. Dak.

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

Elmer Justin Irgens

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: June 15, 1919 / Age: 24

Died at Debarkation Hospital No. 5, New York City, N. Y., on June 15, 1919.

Buried at Tolley, N. Dak.

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

Frederick Garfield Baker

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery E, 18th Field Artillery

Date of Loss: June 14, 1919 / Age: 32

Accidentally killed at Palch, Germany, June 14, 1919.

Buried at Marn, Germany. Remains returned to U. S. Oct. 4, 1920, and buried in Grave 656, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.

Cpt. James Johnson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 1st Infantry

Date of Loss: June 13, 1919 / Age: 41

Died on June 13, 1919, at Camp Lewis, Wash.

Buried, Camp Lewis, Wash., Grave No. 1

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

Cpl. Ray Charles Pinkham

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Medical Detachment, 164th Ambulance Company, 116th Sanitary Train

Date of Loss: June 12, 1919 / Age: 29

Died of tuberculosis, on June 12, 1919.

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

Information found in Volume 3, page 2576 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Horace Albert Tanner

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 362nd Infantry

Date of Loss: June 09, 1919 / Age: 23

Died at LeMans, France, on June 9, 1919.

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.