State Heroes

1918

Frank Udelhoven

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 164th Infantry

Date of Loss: July 18, 1918 / Age: 22

Killed in action at Soissons, France, on July 18, 1918.

Buried in Grave 6, Row 26, Block D, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.

1918

Corporal Anton Henry Ulijohn

New England, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 164th Infantry

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 164th Infantry

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 16th Infantry

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: First Division AEF

Date of Loss: September 17, 1918 / Age: 22

Died, Sept. 17, 1918, of wounds received in action, near St. Mihiel, France.

Buried, Vertrezay, France. Remains returned to U. S. on June 27, 1921, and buried in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, New England, N. Dak.

1918

Edwin Andrew Undhjem

Flaxton, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 40th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 24

Died of pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 8, 1918.

Buried, Flaxton, N. Dak.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Edven Undhjem.

1918

Jacob Jake Unruh

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 33rd Company, 161st Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 21

Died at Camp Grant, Ill., on Oct. 10, 1918.

Buried, Mercer county.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

1918

Martin Lewis Urdahl

Dahlen, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 312th Supply Train

Date of Loss: January 16, 1918 / Age: 22

Died of pneumonia at Camp Pike, Ark., on Jan. 16, 1918.

Buried, Dahlen, N. Dak.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

1918

Sgt. Theodore Joseph Valerius

Larimore, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 5th Field Battalion, Signal Corps

Date of Loss: January 04, 1918 / Age: 25

Died of pneumonia at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, on Jan. 4, 1918.

Buried at Larimore, N. Dak.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

1918

Delbert Benjamin Van Allen

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 362nd Infantry

Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 25

Killed in action on Sept. 29, 1918.

Buried, Grave 32, Row 23, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

1918

Pvt. John Van Lishout

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company No. 33, 9th Battalion, 153rd Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: October 02, 1918 / Age: 29

Died on Oct. 2, 1918.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Information found in Volume 4, page 3327 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

1918

Leete Gladstone Van Syckle

Grand Forks, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 53rd Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 26

Died of influenza pneumonia at Camp Hancock, Ga., on Oct. 5, 1918.

Buried at Grand Forks, N. Dak.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

1918

Albert Vandermeer

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 139th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 23

Killed in action on Sept. 29, 1918.

Buried, Grave 12, Row 11, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

1918

Private First Class Albert T. Vanderwaal

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 348th Machine Gun Battalion

Date of Loss: November 01, 1918 / Age: 29

Killed in action on Nov. 1, 1918.

Buried, Grave 1, Row 4, Block D, Flanders Field American Cemetery, Waereghem, Belgium.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

1918

Lauritz Vangerud

Kindred, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 14th Company, 4th Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: August 04, 1918 / Age: 29

Died at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on Aug. 4, 1918.

Buried, Christiania Cemetery, Kindred, N. Dak.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

1918

Thor Elias Vatsvik

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 140th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 28

Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918. 

Remains returned to Norway and consigned to Alaphias Vatsvik, Skjareham, Norway. (place of burial not given).

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

1918

Albert Vaughn

Vestaburg, MI

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I (Wahpeton), 1st North Dakota Infantry Regt

Date of Loss: November 03, 1918 / Age: 30

Died on November 3, 1918 of wounds received in action. Remains returned to US on January 3, 1921 and buried at Vestaburg Michigan.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.