State Heroes
1944
Private Harold L. Johnson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 17, 1944 / Age: 34
Killed in action in Germany
1918
PFC Melvin T. Johnson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: June 01, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on May 1, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1572 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Howard Louis Johnson
Berthold, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 36th Company, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Grant, Ill., on Oct. 5, 1918.
Buried in Wildrose Cemetery, Berthold, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Sivert Johnson
Bottineau, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 47th Infantry
Date of Loss: August 08, 1918 / Age: 26
Died on Aug. 8, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried in France. Reburied at Bottineau, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Griggs county.
1918
Pvt. William Johnson
Glover, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: January 09, 1918 / Age: 20
Died of pneumonia, at Winchester, England, on Jan. 9, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. June 14, 1920, and buried in Grave 36, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Walter Parker Johnson
Hazen, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 140th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. Sept. 8, 1921, and buried, Grave 2552, European Section, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
ERO2 William Jennings Johnson
Grafton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Naval Air Station, Cape May, N.J.
Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 21
Died at sea, Oct. 8, 1918, in the sinking of a seaplane off Cape May, N. J.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1967
Constructionman Melvin Edward Johnson
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: October 08, 1967 / Age: 21
Died in service in Thua Thien, South Vietnam in non-hostile action in an air crash in a fixed wing.
1943
Technical Sergeant Albert C. Johnson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 9th AAF Bomber Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 7th Bomber Group
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 10th Air Force
Date of Loss: December 01, 1943 / Age: 37
Johnson was the flight engineer on B-24J #42-73183, serving with the 10th Air Force. They were part of a formation of B-24s on a bombing mission to Insein, Burma, near Rangoon.
1919
Pvt. Martin Johnson
Bartlett, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 314th Field Signal Battalion
Date of Loss: April 24, 1919 / Age: 23
Died on April 24, 1919, as the result of an accidental discharge of a pistol.
Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 16, 1920, and buried in Hoff Cemetery, Brocket, N. Dak.
1918
Bert M. Johnson
Penn, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 308th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action, at Argonne Forest on Oct. 8, 1918.
Buried in Grave 3, Section 94, Plot No. 1, Argonne-American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1944
Radioman First Class Gosta H. Johnson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: January 04, 1944 / Age: 23
Killed in Action in the Marshall Islands
1945
Seaman Second Class Arne G. Johnson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: June 12, 1945 / Age: 18
Killed in action in the Pacific Area