State Heroes

Pvt. Roy McKinley Basford

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 21

Killed in action in battle of Argonne, on Oct. 13, 1918.

Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 3, 1921, and buried in Grave 2736, European Section, Arlington National Cemetery, Va.

Holger Tall

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, Development Battalion No. 1

Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 27

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 12, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 4, page 3183 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Clarence Grina

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 11th Depot Battalion, Signal Corps

Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 24

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 12, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 2, page 1121 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

1st Lt. Samuel Lee Avis

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Engineers

Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 28

Died at Camp Humphreys, Va., of influenza and pneumonia, on Oct. 12, 1918.

Place of burial, Jamestown, N. Dak.

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

Albert Olson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 24

Killed in action on Oct. 12, 1918.

Buried in Grave 28, Row 22, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Sam Alfred Haugstad

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery F, 2nd Field Artillery

Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 31

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 12, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 2, page 1279 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Knute Holberg

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 34th Company, 161st Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 27

Died of influenza, on Oct. 12, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 2, page 1387 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Sigurjon Benedict Sigfusson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 25

Died of broncho pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 12, 1918.

Buried at Mountain, N. Dak.

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

Paul John Soberg

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 38th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 24

Killed in action on Oct. 12, 1918.

Buried, Grave 30, Row 7, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Cpl. Bernhard Nelson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 23

Killed in action on Oct. 12, 1918.

Buried, Grave 36, Row 9, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Rasmus Rasmussen Skriver

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 23rd Infantry

Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 26

Died, Oct. 12, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried, Grave 25, Row 10, Block A, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.

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

Harry Eugene Lahman

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 338th Machine Gun Battalion

Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 24

Killed in action on Oct. 12, 1918.

Buried in Grave 35, Row 23, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Clarence Henry Fjerstad

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 118th Engineers

Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 26

Died of pneumonia, at Bellecreek, Minn., on Oct. 12, 1918.

Buried at Cannon Falls, Minn.

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

Ralph Mann

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 308th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 28

Killed in action on Oct. 12, 1918.

Buried at Verdun, France.

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

Robert Kurtz

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Air Service

Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 22

Died of pneumonia at Fort Wayne, Mich., on Oct. 12, 1918.

Buried at Kulm, N. Dak.

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