State Heroes

Helmer Cornelius Pederson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 22nd Company, 6th Battalion, 160th Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 22

Died of broncho pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 15, 1918.

Buried at Flora, N. Dak.

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

Harry J. Pederson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 128th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 23

Killed in action on Oct. 15, 1918.

Buried in Grave 22, Row 16, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Pvt.1st Class Thomas H. Christofferson

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 326th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Division

Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age:

Henry W. Karsten

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 40th Field Artillery

Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 23

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 15, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 2, page 1630 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Pvt. Harold Abel

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 30th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 21

Killed in action on Oct. 15, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 29, 1921, and consigned to Archie Abel, Fordville, N. Dak. (place of burial not given).

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

Maldor Hansen

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 4th Company, 1st Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 25

Died on pneumonia on Oct. 15, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 2, page 1218 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Robert Klang

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 77th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 22

Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 15, 1918.

Buried at Dunseith, N. Dak.

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

Joseph Gion

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 40th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age:

Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 15, 1918.

Buried at Regent, N. Dak.

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

Pvt. John G. Gondo

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 306th Infantry Regiment, 77th Division

Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 23

Died on Oct. 15, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried, Grave 9, Row 8, Block H, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Charles L. Foy

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 13th Company, 4th Battalion, 160th Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 26

Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 15, 1918.

Buried at Langdon, N. Dak.

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

Emil Matejcek

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery C, 41st Field Artillery

Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 25

Died of broncho pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 15, 1918.

Buried at Sheldon, N. Dak.

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

Pvt. Philip P. Heier

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 128th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 24

Killed in action on Oct. 15, 1918.

Buried, Grave 31, Row 20, Block A, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Harry Schwind

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 128th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 14, 1918 / Age: 24

Killed in action on Oct. 14, 1918.

Buried, Grave 1, Row 41, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Jacob P. Kleinsasser

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 313th Ammunition Train

Date of Loss: October 14, 1918 / Age: 27

Died in France, Oct. 14, 1918.

Buried in French-American Military Cemetery, France. Reburied in Lutheran Cemetery, Max, N. Dak.

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

Cpl. Elmer F. Rushfeldt

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 137th Machine Gun Battalion

Date of Loss: October 14, 1918 / Age: 28

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 14, 1918.

Buried at sea.

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