State Heroes
World War I
1918
Pvt. Ingvald Gjertson
Wolford, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 137th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 25
Died on Oct. 13, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried in American Cemetery, Bozoilles, Vosges, France. Remains returned to Norway, and consigned to Mrs. Arma Rosindrson Gjertson, Raranger, Norway. (place of burial not given).
1918
George Conrad Julesberg
Tagus, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Supple Company, 77th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of bronchial pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 13, 1918.
Buried at Tagus, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Cpl. Adolph Nelson
Bancroft, IAWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 1st Infantry Replacement and Training Regiment
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 28
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Pike, Ark., on Oct. 13, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Seaman 2c George Arlington Hill
Ardoch, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Naval Training Station, Seattle, Wash.
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of pneumonia at Seattle, Wash., on Oct. 13, 1918.
Buried at Ardoch, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Ward Elon Bullis
Lidgerwood, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Service of Supply Hospital
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 20
Died of wounds on Oct. 13, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 1, page 446 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Sgt. John Richard Roache
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company No. 6, 2nd Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 13, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 2715 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Ole O. Greslivold
Welseth [sic], NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 352nd Infantry
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia, at Chavannes les Granda, France, on Oct. 13, 1918.
Buried, Grave 23, Row 8, Block F, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Martin Hoff
Brooten, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 14th Ammunition Train
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 30
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 13, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1376 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Cpl. Gus J. Ritschel
White Sulphur Springs, MTWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 313th Engineers
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 29
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 13, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. May 31, 1921, and buried in Grave 1648, European Section, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
1918
Clarence Edwin Hesgard
Buxton, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company No. 35, 9th Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on Oct. 13, 1918.
Buried at Buxton, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Anthony Fricke
Spirit Lake, IAWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 12th Company, 3rd Battalion, 160th Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 28
Died of broncho pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 13, 1918.
Buried at Spirit Lake, Iowa.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Herbert Carl Maske
Lomira, WIWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 326th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 23
Died on Oct. 13, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 14, Row 23, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Corporal Henry Hafener
Mooreton, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 77th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of broncho pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 13, 1918.
Buried at Mooreton, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Henry Hafner.
1918
Seaman John George Bender
World War I
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: SS Pioneer
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 20
Died in Naval Hospital, New York, on Oct. 13, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
2nd Lt. Paul Martin Hanson
Church's Ferry, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 4th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action, on Oct. 13, 1918.
Place of burial unknown.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.