State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Cpl. Elmer F. Rushfeldt
De Groat, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 137th Machine Gun Battalion
Date of Loss: October 14, 1918 / Age: 28
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 14, 1918.
Buried at sea.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
1st Lt. Thomas Lyle Russell
Minneapolis, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 47th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on Oct. 4, 1918, at Bois de Brieulles.
Buried, Cemetery No. 735, Bois de Brieulles.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Oscar Engval Rustad
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company No. 2, 1st Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 9, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 2790 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Martin Olof Ruud
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 343rd Machine Gun Battalion
Date of Loss: November 01, 1918 / Age: 31
Killed in action on Nov. 1, 1918.
Buried, Grave 18, Row 41, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
John Joe Rybus
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Field Remount Squadron No. 325
Date of Loss: November 20, 1918 / Age: 20
Died of pneumonia on Nov. 20, 1918.
Buried, Grave 2, Row 32, Block A, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as John Rigbus.
1918
Jacob A. Sackman
Turtle Lake, ND
World War I (WWI)
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
Emil Sadek
Powers Lake, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery A, 42nd Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 20, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of spinal meningitis at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 20, 1918.
Buried, Powers Lake, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Elmer Sagen
Roseau, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 34th Company, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 5, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 2803 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Virdick Sahagian
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 22, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on July 22, 1918.
Buried, Grave 2, Row 14, Block D, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Harley Bertram Salzman
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 164th Ambulance Company, 116th Sanitary Train
Date of Loss: January 24, 1918 / Age: 20
Died of disease on Jan. 24, 1918.
Buried, Grave 28, Row 3, Block A, Suresnes American Cemetery, Suresnes, Seine, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Charles T. Sampson
Scandia, PA
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 7th Engineers
Date of Loss: August 17, 1918 / Age: 36
Killed in action on Aug. 17, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on June 10, 1921, and buried in Scandia Cemetery, Scandia, Pa.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Samuel Constantine Samuelson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 159th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 25, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of acute cardiac dilation on July 25, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Martin L. Sandberg
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 15th Recruit Company, Jefferson Barracks, Mo.
Date of Loss: March 20, 1918 / Age: 33
Died of pneumonia on March 20, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 2815 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Martin Sanders
Mekinock, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 138th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 06, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action, July 6, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 31, 1921, and buried in Middle Grove Cemetery, Mekinock, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Charles Sanders
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Supply Company, 337th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: May 05, 1918 / Age: 28
Died of pneumonia on May 5, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 2816 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Ernest Sanders
Frederick, WI
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 4th Company, Provisional Battalion, 138th Infantry
Date of Loss: May 10, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of scarlet fever, on May 10, 1918.
Buried at sea.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.