State Heroes

Pvt. Fred Kelle

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 128th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Division

Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age: 24

Killed in action on Oct. 17, 1918.

Buried in Grave No. 27, Row 37, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

George Texel

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 210th Engineers

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

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 17, 1918, at Camp Funston, Kans.

Buried, Ross, N. Dak.

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

John A. Smestad

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age: 30

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 17, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 4, page 2996 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Byron H. West

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 15th Service Company, Signal Corps, Casual Detachment

Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age: 20

Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 17, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. Sept. 3, 1920, and buried in Grave 432, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.

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

Pvt. Andy Oliver Berg

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 61st Infantry

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

Died on Oct. 17, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 15, 1921, and buried in Bethel Congregational Cemetery, Hatton, N. Dak.

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

Archie C. Fortin

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age: 29

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 17, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 2, page 955 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Gilbert Oli Myrvik

World War I

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.

Pvt. Eugene Victor Evans

World War I

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

World War I

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.

Vivian James Olmstead

World War I

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

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.

Walter Johnson

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age:

Died at Army Training Corps

John Fred Thielmann

World War I

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.

Walter Gustav Daschner

World War I

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.

Charles Arthur Howard

World War I

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.