John Fred Thielmann

Biography:

Registered Mercer county. Born, Kulan, Russia, Nov. 26, 1894. Naturalized citizen. Occupation - laborer. Inducted at Stanton on Sept. 3, 1918. Sent to Camp Grant, Ill. Served in Company G, 5th Limited Service Regiment, to death.

Jacob Jake Unruh

Biography:

Registered Mercer county. Born, Glickstahl, Russia, April 30, 1897. Naturalized citizen. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Stanton on Sept. 5, 1918. Sent to Camp Grant, Ill. Served in 33rd Company, 161st Depot Brigade, to death.

George Albert Boyer

Biography:

Registered Morton county. Born, Caddott, Wis., April 30, 1892, of American parents. Occupation - farmer. Enlisted in the Navy at Flasher on July 17, 1917. Home awaiting orders until Aug. 9, 1917. Served at Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Ill., to Dec. 23, 1917; Naval Training Camp, Charleston, S. C., to April 5, 1918; Naval Rifle Range, Mt. Pleasant, S. C., to Oct. 9, 1918; Naval Hospital, Charleston, S. C., to death. Grades: Apprentice Seaman, 46 days; Seaman 2nd Class, 273 days; Seaman, 30 days; Gunner's Mate 3rd Class, 31 days; Gunner's Mate 2nd Class, 70 days.

John George Bender

Biography:

Not a registrant, enlisted prior. Born, Bergdorf, Russia, Dec. 10, 1897. Naturalized citizen. Occupation - farmer. Enlisted in the Navy at Hebron, on April 24, 1917. Served at Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Ill., to Oct. 18, 1917; Receiving Ship, Philadelphia, Pa., to Nov. 2, 1917; Armed Draft Detail, N. Y., to Jan. 24, 1918; SS Pioneer, to Aug. 17, 1918; Naval Hospital, New York, N. Y., to death. Grades: Apprentice Seaman, 38 days; Seaman 2nd Class, 214 days, Seaman, 285 days.

James Francis Buckley

Biography:

Registered Sioux county. Born, Fort Rice, N. Dak., Sept. 2, 1892, of American parents. Occupation - laborer. Inducted at Fort Yates on March 29, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company A, 1st Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to death.

Paul J. Yankton

Biography:

Born Fort Totten, Benson County, North Dakota on July 13, 1922. Resident of Benson County. Entered US Army at Fort Snelling Minnesota on Janyar 28, 1944. Served European African Middle Eastern Theater. Died in Service November 29, 1944. Buried in St. Jerome Catholic Cemetery, Fort Totten, Crow Hill, Spirit Lake Nation, Benson County, North Dakota. Name included on page 1632 of the Register of North Dakota Veterans World War II. Name included on the All Veterans Memerial on the North Dakota State Capitol Grounds Bismarck North Dakota. Benson County section

Phillip Lohnes

Biography:

Born 25 January 1916 Fort Totten, Benson County, Spirit Lake Nation, North Dakota. Entered US Army at Fort Lincoln North Dakota on 28 November 1939. Served Asiatic Pacific Theater.

Clyde Verdi Claflin

Biography:

Not a registrant, under age. Born, (place not given), Sept. 1898, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - unknown. Enlisted in the Navy at Minneapolis, Minn., on July 29, 1918. Served in Dunwoody Naval Training Institute, Minneapolis, Minn., to death.

Harry Clinton Colby

Biography:

Not a registrant, enlisted prior. Born, Yucatan, Minn., July 28, 1888, of American parents. Occupation - laborer. Enlisted at Bismarck on March 1, 1917. Sent to Jefferson Barracks, Mo. Served in Company G, 35th Infantry, to discharge. Discharged at Fort Bayard, N. Mex., on July 25, 1917, as a Private, Surgeon's Certificate of Disability, 100%.

Nickodemus Ereth

Biography:

Registered Morton county. Born, Russia, July 15, 1891. Naturalized citizen. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Mandan on Feb. 2, 1918. Served in 444th Aero Construction Squadron, to May 2, 1918; 407th Aero Construction Squadron (1st Spruce Squadron, Spruce Production Division), to Jan. 17, 1919; 3rd Spruce Squadron, Spruce Production Division, to death.