State Heroes
World War I
1918
Pvt. James O. Hanson
Kathryn, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 339th Machine Gun Battalion, 88th Division
Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia at Hericourt, France, on Oct. 8, 1918.
Buried, Grave 39, Row 24, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Jacob A. Sackman
Turtle Lake, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Supply Company, 78th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 8, 1918.
Buried at Turtle Lake, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Sigurbjorn Davidson
Gardar, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 34th Company, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 21
Died at Camp Grant, Ill., on Oct. 8, 1918.
Buried at Gardar, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Pembina county.
1918
Emil T. Dunham
Erhards Grove, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 43rd Company, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Grant, Ill., on Oct. 8, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
George John Erickstad
Grafton, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 33rd Company, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 21
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Grant, Ill., on Oct. 8, 1918.
Buried at Grafton, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Lavern James Thompson
Cavalier, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 20
Killed in action on Oct. 7, 1918.
Buried in France. Reburied, Cavalier, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
James Henry Priest
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 5th Limited Service Training Regiment
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 30
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 7, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2609 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
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
John Herdt
Max, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 53rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 25
Died at Augusta, Ga., on Oct. 7, 1918.
Buried at Max, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Arthur Oldmouse
Elbowoods, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company No. 22, September Automatic Replacement Draft
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 29
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 7, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 12, 1920, and buried at Elbowoods, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Cpl. Mike A. Cavalli
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 32
Killed in action on Oct. 7, 1918.
Buried, Grave 4, Row 18, Block F, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Oscar Westby
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 12th Company, 3rd Battalion, 160th Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 7, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 3434 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Pvt. Eugene Farnam
Inkster, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 313th Sanitary Train
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of influenza on Oct. 7, 1918.
Buried, Harricourt, France, Grave 50. Remains returned to U. S. Oct. 31, 1921, and buried at Inkster, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
PFC Louis T. Grovum
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 34
Died on Oct. 7, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 13, Row 11, Block N, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meaurthe-et-Moselle, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Clarence Anton Pederson
Primrose, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 34th Company, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 29
Died of pneumonia at Camp Grant, Ill., on Oct. 7, 1918.
Buried in Primrose township, Steele county, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Traill county.