State Heroes
World War I
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.
1919
Pvt. Homer Pearl Johnson
Carson, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 140th Infantry
Date of Loss: January 11, 1919 / Age: 26
Died of diphtheria, at Embarkation Hospital, Newport News, Va., on Jan. 11, 1919.
Buried at Carson, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1919
Sgt. Gerald Aaron Haskin
Oberon, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Quartermaster Corps
Date of Loss: January 09, 1919 / Age: 18
Died of pneumonia, at New York, N. Y., on Jan. 9, 1919.
Buried at Oberon, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1919
Johan Alfred Barstad
Nome, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Provost Guard Company
Date of Loss: January 02, 1919 / Age: 27
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Jan. 2, 1919.
Buried at Nome, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as John E Barstad.
1918
Mess Sgt. Roy N. Tackaberry
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 352nd Infantry
Date of Loss: December 30, 1918 / Age: 27
Died of heart disease on Dec. 30, 1918.
Buried in American Cemetery No. 22, Savenay, France. Remains returned to U. S. Jan. 24, 1922, and buried Grave 4191, European Section, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
1918
Wagoner Rushton Michel Jones
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Supply Company, 77th Infantry
Date of Loss: December 26, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Dec. 26, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Cpl. Ernest Harrison
Urbana, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 1st Gas Regiment
Date of Loss: December 25, 1918 / Age: 27
Died of pneumonia, at Base Hospital No. 15, Chaumont, France, on Dec. 25, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. June 6, 1921, and buried at Spiritwood, N. Dak.
1918
Arthur W. Phin
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Detachment C, Medical Corps
Date of Loss: December 21, 1918 / Age: 37
Died on Dec. 21, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2569 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Victor Edward Bloomgren
Chicago, ILWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Medical Department, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: December 19, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of typhoid fever at Bazoilles sur Meuse, Vosges, France, on Dec. 19, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on May 24, 1921, and buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, (Blue Island), Chicago, Ill.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Joseph J. Leif
Norwood, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 313th Engineers
Date of Loss: December 15, 1918 / Age: 28
Died of pneumonia on Dec. 15, 1918.
Buried, Grave 9, Row 21, Block D, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Teamster Robert R. Bigham
Dunseith, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Disciplinary Barracks, Quartermaster Corps, Fort Leavenworth, Kans.
Date of Loss: December 13, 1918 / Age: 37
Died of pneumonia at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., on Dec. 13, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Alfred B. Larsen
Cooperstown
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 138th Infantry
Date of Loss: December 13, 1918 / Age: 25
Died on Dec. 13, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 22, Row 18, Block C, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiacourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.
1918
1st Lt. Ralph Dryden
Grafton, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 2nd Aviation Instruction Center, Air Service
Date of Loss: December 13, 1918 / Age: 22
Accidentally killed in aeroplane accident, at Tours, France, on Dec. 13, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 29, 1920, and buried at Grafton, N. Dak.
1918
2nd Lt. James Lester Cole
Kenmare, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 41st Infantry
Date of Loss: December 12, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia, at Base Hospital, Fort Riley, Kans., on Dec. 12, 1918.
Buried at Kenmare, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.