State Heroes

Pvt. Herman Behm

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 358th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 25, 1918 / Age: 23

Killed in action on Oct. 25, 1918.

Buried in France; Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 17, 1921, and buried at Fingal, N. Dak.

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

Lars Olai Ovrevik

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 352nd Infantry

Date of Loss: October 25, 1918 / Age: 27

Died of pneumonia, Oct. 25, 1918.

Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 28, 1922, and buried at Creston, Ill.

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

Bennie A. Larson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 13th Ammunition Train

Date of Loss: October 25, 1918 / Age: 31

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 25, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 3, page 1818 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Bugler Oscar Finkenhagen

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 357th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 25, 1918 / Age: 23

Killed in action on Oct. 25, 1918.

Buried in Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France. Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 17, 1921, and buried at Lignite, N. Dak.

Elmer Ernest Rule

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 9th Observation Battery, Field Artillery, Central Officers Training School, Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky.

Date of Loss: October 25, 1918 / Age:

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 25, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 4, page 2782 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Cook Clifford George Gallipo

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 164th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 25, 1918 / Age: 24

Died of broncho pneumonia, at Noyes, France, on Oct. 25, 1918.

Buried, Grave 17, Row 34, Block B, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.

John Stark

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 73rd Spruce Squadron, Spruce Production Division

Date of Loss: October 25, 1918 / Age: 24

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 25, 1918, at Clatsup, Ore.

Burial, Coleharbor, N. Dak.

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

Elvin Erickson Nyhus

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 37th Battalion, US Guards, The Presidio

Date of Loss: October 24, 1918 / Age: 23

Died of pneumonia at The Presidio, San Francisco, Calif., on Oct. 24, 1918.

Buried at Hatton, N. Dak.

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

Alphonse Leo Larson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery D, 337th Field Artillery

Date of Loss: October 24, 1918 / Age: 22

Died of pneumonia, Oct. 24, 1918, at Clermont, Ferrand, France.

Remains returned to U. S. on May 31, 1921, and buried at Calvin, N. Dak.

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

Thorsten Emanual Nikkila

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 140th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 24, 1918 / Age: 27

Died on Oct. 24, 1918, of disease.

Buried, Grave 32, Row 12, Block A, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.

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

Bugler Charles Martin Root

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 37th Battalion, US Guards, The Presidio of San Francisco, Calif.

Date of Loss: October 24, 1918 / Age: 26

Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 24, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 4, page 2753 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

William E Brown

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 3rd Company, Veterinary Training School

Date of Loss: October 24, 1918 / Age: 25

Died of pneumonia, at Lodi, Wis., on Oct. 24, 1918.

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

Pvt.1st Class Sidney Birch Stephens

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 164th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 24, 1918 / Age: 32

Died of broncho pneumonia on Oct. 24, 1918.

Buried, Grave 37, Row 41, Block D, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.

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

Private Floyd Austin Fuller

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps UND Grand Forks ND

Date of Loss: October 24, 1918 / Age: 21

Died while serving as a member of the Student Army Training Corps  on the UND campus in Grand Forks during the 1918 flu pandemic. Name included on the UND S.A.T.C. website

Private Ferl Oliver Hayes

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps UND Grand Forks ND

Date of Loss: October 24, 1918 / Age: 21

Died while serving as a member of the Student Army Training Corps  on the UND campus in Grand Forks during the 1918 flu pandemic. Name included on the UND S.A.T.C. website