State Heroes
World War I
1919
Pvt.1st Class Ray A. Halver
Bismarck, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 40th Company, Transportation Corps
Date of Loss: March 16, 1919 / Age: 34
Died of typhoid fever on March 16, 1919.
Remains returned to U. S. on May 31, 1921, and buried in Grave 1785, Arlington National Cemetery, Va.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1919
Michael Jay McElvain
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 67th Company, Transportation Corps
Date of Loss: March 16, 1919 / Age: 28
Died of typhoid fever on March 16, 1919.
Buried, Grave 3, Row 31, Block F, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1919
Cpl. Eldred Elmore Siltman
Browersville, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: March 16, 1919 / Age: 26
Died of disease in France on March 16, 1919.
Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 12, 1920. Buried at Browersville, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1919
Pvt.1st Class Gordon Harold Powers
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Ordnance Repair Shops, Motor Transport Corps
Date of Loss: March 14, 1919 / Age: 23
Died of influenza on March 14, 1919.
Buried, Grave 28, Row 19, Block A, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1919
Charles Karl Nielson
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 339th Machine Gun Battalion
Date of Loss: March 14, 1919 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia on March 14, 1919.
Buried, Grave 26, Row 16, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1919
Apprentice Seaman Olaf Sigurd Haiberg
Crosby, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Navy Rifle Range, Rumford, Ill.
Date of Loss: March 11, 1919 / Age: 19
Died in Naval Hospital, N. Y., on March 11, 1919.
Buried at Troy Cemetery, Crosby, ND.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1919
1st Lt. William LaFayette Cowper
Grand Forks, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Medical Corps
Date of Loss: March 09, 1919 / Age: 41
Died at Camp Hospital No. 40, Anur Rest Camp, Liverpool, England, on March 9, 1919.
Buried in Cemetery No. 288, Liverpool, England. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 23, 1920, and buried at Grand Forks, N. Dak., on Sept. 7, 1920.
1919
Sgt. Peter O. Sunde
Wadena, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 54th Infantry
Date of Loss: March 03, 1919 / Age: 31
Died of pneumonia on March 3, 1919.
Remains returned to U. S. June 14, 1921, and buried at Wadena, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1919
Oscar O. Haugen
Badger, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 2nd Engineers
Date of Loss: February 26, 1919 / Age: 25
Died at Angus, Germany, on Feb. 26, 1919.
Buried, Badger, Roseau county, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Ward county.
1919
Pvt. Harry Merton Hardy
Bernstad [sic] (possibly Burnstad), NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 1st Field Signal Battalion
Date of Loss: February 22, 1919 / Age: 30
Died of pneumonia on Feb. 22, 1919, at Coblenz, Germany.
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
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
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.