State Heroes
World War I
1919
Wagoner Einar E. Orbom
St. Paul, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Field Hospital No. 41
Date of Loss: February 06, 1919 / Age: 23
Died on Feb. 6, 1919, of pneumonia.
Buried, Grave 31, Row 14, Block H, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1919
Lt. Col. Gilbert Collins Grafton
South Fargo, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: US Army Air Service School
Date of Loss: February 05, 1919 / Age: 58
Died at Camp Hospital No. 24, AEF, on Feb. 5, 1919.
Buried, Grave 6, Row 9. Block B, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1919
Pvt.1st Class Allan Guy Thayer
Bismarck, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery D, 41st Field Artillery
Date of Loss: February 04, 1919 / Age: 28
Died at Base Hospital, Camp Custer, Mich., on Feb. 4, 1919, from peritonitis.
Buried, Fairview cemetery, Bismarck, N. Dak., Feb. 7, 1919.
Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1919
Cpl. Melvin Johnson
Rolette, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 78th Infantry
Date of Loss: February 03, 1919 / Age: 28
Died at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on Feb. 3, 1919.
Buried at Rolette, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1919
Lemuel Morgan Wells
Cando, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 26th Engineers
Date of Loss: February 03, 1919 / Age: 28
Died of broncho pneumonia, at Bordeaux, France, on Feb. 3, 1919.
Buried at Gironde, France. Remains returned to U. S. on Nov. 10, 1920, and buried at Cando, N. Dak.
1919
Pvt.1st Class Carl Bostrom Jr.
McHenry, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery B, 1st Trench Mortar Battalion
Date of Loss: February 03, 1919 / Age: 21
Died at Mesves Hospital Center, Army Postoffice No. 798, France, on Feb. 3, 1919.
Buried, Grave 36, Row 1, Block C, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.
1919
Peter Nelson
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Salvage Division, Quartermaster Corps
Date of Loss: January 29, 1919 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia on Jan. 29, 1919.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2307 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1919
Cpl. Carl Waldemar Ellingson
Reynolds, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Field Hospital No. 128, 107th Sanitary Train
Date of Loss: January 25, 1919 / Age: 29
Died at Coblenz, Germany, on Jan. 25, 1919.
Buried at Coblenz, Germany. Remains returned to U. S. on July 29, 1920, and consigned to Swen Ellingson, Reynolds, N. Dak. (place of burial not given).
1919
Pvt.1st Class William James Blair
Langdon, NDWorld 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.
1919
Peter G. Iverson
Grand Forks, NDWorld 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.
1919
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.
1919
Pvt. John Delbert Boehnke
Kramer, NDWorld 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.
1919
Pvt. Edwin Herman Witcik
Fargo, NDWorld 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.
1919
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.
1919
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.