State Heroes
World War I
Pvt. John Edgar Johnson
Homestead, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 127th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 11, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1562 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Hjalmer Joakim Hanson
Fertile, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 5th Limited Service Regiment, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 30
Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 11, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1232 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Lars M. Lundberg
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 77th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 11, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 1956 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Theodore Werre
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 306th Animal Transport Depot
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 11, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 3430 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
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Pvt. Clem Kreitel
Napoleon, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 128th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Division
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on Oct. 11, 1918.
Buried in Grave 1, Row 12, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Harold Alf Rorwick
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 10th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 11, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 2755 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Helmer P. Stigen
Gorham, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 41st Company, 160th Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 27
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 11, 1918.
Buried, Gorham, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
![Edwin Wittmayer photo](/sites/www/files/styles/image_original/public/documents/person/Meuse-Argonne%2520American%2520Cemetery.jpg?itok=ZgPYJNqn&cb=345f3a8f&cb=345f3a8f)
Pvt.1st Class Edwin Wittmayer
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 19
Killed in action on Oct. 11, 1918.
Buried, Grave 39, Row 41, Block B, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Henry William Sumner
Fingal, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 16th Company, 4th Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 23
Died at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on Oct. 11, 1918, of pneumonia.
Buried, Fingal, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Clarence B. Snow
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 10th Company, 3rd Battalion, 160th Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 31
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 11, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Billings county.
CQM Pomeroy Smith
World War I
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Receiving Ship, Pensacola, Fla.
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 27
Died on Receiving Ship, Pensacola, Fla., on Oct. 11, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Adolph R. Pechlat
Wahpeton, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery B 41st Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of Broncho pneumonia at Camp Custer Michigan on October 11, 1918. Buried at St. Joseph's Cemetery, Brushvale, Minnesota.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
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Pvt. Walter Guetschow
Liberty, WIWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 313th Engineer Regiment, 88th Division
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of pneumonia, at Romagne, France, Oct. 11, 1918.
Buried, Grave 3, Row 16, Block A, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Valdemar J. Hemmingsen
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery D, 40th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 11, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Valdemar J Hemmingson.
Aron D. Svahn
Lawton, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery E, 42nd Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 25
Died at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 11, 1918, of pneumonia.
Buried, Lawton, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.