State Heroes
World War I
1918
Jake Sommerville
Bowden, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Supply Company, 42nd Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 7, 1918, at Camp Custer, Mich.
Buried, Bowdon, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Jake Somervill.
1918
Pvt. Virgil Fredrick
Fargo, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 307th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 6, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 976 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Henry James Colgrove
Dickinson, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 33rd Company, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia at Camp Grant, Ill., on Oct. 6, 1918.
Buried at Dickinson, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Otto Berglund
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, Development Battalion No. 2
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 29
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 6, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 1, page 258 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
George F. Haider
St. Anthony, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company No. 1, 77th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 26
Died pneumonia of Oct. 6, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1177 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
John Larsen
Beach, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 33rd Company, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 6, 1918.
Buried, Beach, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Fred James Roach
Lisbon, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 339th Machine Gun Battalion
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 31
Died of pneumonia at Grange La Ville, France, on Oct. 6, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. May 31, 1921, and buried at Lisbon, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. William Borgen
Hannah, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 23rd Infantry
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on Oct. 6, 1918.
Buried in Grave 24, Section 97, Plot 1, Argonne-American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France. Remains returned to U. S. Sept. 12, 1921, and buried in Hannah Cemetery, Hannah, N. Dak.
1918
Nick Angel Martinson
Lidgerwood, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery B, 14th Battalion, 5th Regiment Field Artillery Replacement Depot
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 20
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., on Oct. 6, 1918.
Buried at Lidgerwood, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Nicalai A Martinson.
1918
Robert Herman Karstens
Mankato, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 53rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 21
Died of influenza, on Oct. 6, 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
Joseph Schettle
Grant township, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 352nd Infantry
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 6, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 31, 1921, and buried in Lutheran Cemetery, Grant township, Kidder county, N. Dak.
1918
Pvt. Willis Julius Gallup
Jamestown, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 339th Machine Gun Battalion
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia at Hericourt, France, on Oct. 6, 1918.
Buried, Hericourt, France. Remains returned to U. S., Nov. 28, 1921, and buried in Grave 3889, European Section, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
1918
Edwin Morken
Springgrove, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 28
Killed in action on Oct. 6, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 17, 1921, and consigned to Sam Morken, Springgrove, Minn. (place of burial not given).
1918
Neil Edward McGarry
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 33rd Company, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 27
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Grant, Ill., on Oct. 6, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Emanuel Hodel
Odessa, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 307th Infantry Regiment, 77th Division
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia, at Bazoilles, France, on Oct. 6, 1918.
Buried, Grave 9, Row 37, Plot D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.