State Heroes
Clyde Verdi Claflin
World War I
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Dunwoody Naval Training Institute
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 20
Died at Minneapolis, Minn., on Oct. 7, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 1, page 562 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Cpl. Lewis Daniel Clark
New Rockford, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 58th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 32
Killed in action on Oct. 6, 1918, in the Argonne.
Remains returned to U. S. Sept. 12, 1921, and buried at New Rockford, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Sergeant Robert J. Clark
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 26, 1942 / Age: 21
Died of wounds in the South Pacific Area


Private First Class Thomas F. Clark
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 03, 1944 / Age: 23
Died of wounds in Holland

Pvt. Arlo M. Clark
McKenzie, NDWounded in Action.
Pvt.1st Class Charles E. Clark
Blue Earth, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 18, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on July 18, 1918.
Grave unlocated.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Howard E. Clark
Date of Loss: November 08, 1918 / Age:
Killed in Action.
Memorial at Pleasant Hill Cemetery-Eden Prairie MN
Not listed on ND All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol -Bismarck
Pvt. Benjamin Franklin Clark
Brainerd, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 23rd Infantry
Date of Loss: October 03, 1918 / Age: 30
Killed in action on Oct. 3, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S., Sept. 19, 1921, and buried at Brainerd, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Andrew Clauson
Harlow, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, Development Battalion No. 1, 163rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 28
Died of pneumonia at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on Oct. 11, 1918.
Buried at Harlow, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Name included in the "WWI Centenial" book. Benson County.

Cpl. John Newton Clayton
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division
Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age:

Tech. 4c Ernest G. Clemens
Silvesta Township, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 781st Tank Battalion
Date of Loss: January 06, 1945 / Age: 23
Killed in action in France.

PFC Arthur A. Clemenson
Horace, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 808th Military Police Company
Date of Loss: May 30, 1942 / Age: 43
Killed in action in the Bataan Death March after being a prisoner of war for a short time. He was awarded 2 Purple Hearts for bravery in action.
Pvt. Roy Martinus Clementson
Powers Lake, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 357th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 17, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on Sept. 17, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S., May 13, 1922, and buried in Grandview Cemetery, Burbank, Calif.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
2nd Lt. Carl John Clementson
Grand Forks, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 36th Company
Date of Loss: September 25, 1918 / Age: 36
Died of disease, at sea, Sept. 25, 1918.
Burial: Memorial Park Cemetery, Grand Forks, Grand Forks county, North Dakota, USA.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.