State Heroes
World War I
1918
Emil J. Novotny
Pisek, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 40th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 15, 1918.
Buried at Pisek, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Charles Arthur Hoff
Fort Ransom, NDWorld 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 in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 8, 1921, and buried at Fort Ransom, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Helmer Cornelius Pederson
Flora, NDWorld 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.
1918
Cpl. Arthur William Chambers
Chanute, KSWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery A, 40th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 27
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 15, 1918.
Buried at Chanute, Kans.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Cpl. Arthur Beemer Stewart
Minneapolis, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 350th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of pneumonia at Herricourt, France, on Oct. 15, 1918.
Buried, Grave 32, Row 28, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Joseph Charwatt
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 325th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Division
Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 28
Died on Oct. 15, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave- 4, Row 24, Block B, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
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.
1918
Henry W. Karsten
Long Prairie, MNWorld 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.
1918
Robert Klang
Dunseith, NDWorld 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.
1918
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:
1918
Joseph Gion
Regent, NDWorld 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.
1918
Emil Matejcek
Sheldon, NDWorld 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.
1918
Pvt. Harold Abel
Fordville, NDWorld 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.
1918
Charles L. Foy
Langdon, NDWorld 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.
1918
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.