State Heroes

Roy Alfred Dingman

Oelwein, IA

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Troop E, 7th Cavalry, Fort Bliss, Texas

Date of Loss: October 18, 1918 / Age: 21

Died of pneumonia at Fort Bliss, Texas, on Oct. 18, 1918.

Buried at Oelwein, Iowa.

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

Cpl. William F. Thiele

Chicago, IL

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 11th Company, 3rd Battalion, 160th Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: October 18, 1918 / Age: 31

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 18, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 4, page 3205 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Michael Holsbrekken

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 20th Battalion, US Guards

Date of Loss: October 18, 1918 / Age: 25

Died on Oct. 18, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 2, page 1400 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Arthur Walter Peterson

Lucy Township, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 78th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 18, 1918 / Age: 23

Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 18, 1918, at Camp Custer, Mich.

Buried, Lucy Township, Burke county, N. Dak.

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

Arthur Edwin Erickson

Bowman, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 18, 1918 / Age: 22

Died of pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 18, 1918.

Buried at Bowman, N. Dak.

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

Alfred Melvin Peterson

Ambrose, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, Depot Battalion No. 1

Date of Loss: October 18, 1918 / Age: 26

Died of pneumonia, at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on Oct. 18, 1918.

Buried at Ambrose, N. Dak.

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

Gilbert Oli Myrvik

Milton, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age: 23

Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 17, 1918.

Buried in Grave 23, Row 46, Block D, Argonne-American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Walter Johnson

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age:

Died at Army Training Corps

Pvt. Eugene Victor Evans

Mott, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 313th Ammunition Trains, 88th Division

Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age: 23

Died of pneumonia, at Herricourt, France, on Oct. 17, 1918.

Buried, Grave 6, Row 5, Block F, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Fremont Wesley Rice

Ruthven, IA

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 137th Field Artillery

Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age: 22

Died of pneumonia, Oct. 17, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. Aug. 30, 1920, and buried in Grave 348, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.

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

Walter Gustav Daschner

Hunter, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age: 22

Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 17, 1918.

Buried at Hunter, N. Dak.

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

Vivian James Olmstead

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery A, 42nd Field Artillery

Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age: 23

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 17, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 3, page 2395 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

John P. Lacher

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age: 23

Killed in action on Oct. 17, 1918.

Buried in France. Grave unlocated.

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

John Fred Thielmann

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 5th Limited Service Regiment

Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age: 23

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 17, 1918.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as John F Thieland.

Charles Arthur Howard

Hope, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age: 28

Died of broncho pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 17, 1918.

Buried at Hope, N. Dak.

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

Private Friedrich F. Marzolf

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 18, 1918 / Age: 22

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

Buried at Kramer Cemetery, Bottineau County, North Dakota.