State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
1st Lt. Kennedy Scott Wanner
Cooperstown, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 308th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on Oct. 5, 1918.
Buried, Grave 25, Row 6, Block A, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Fireman 3c George Ward
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Lakemore
Date of Loss: April 11, 1918 / Age: 31
Died on board the USS Lakemore, when that vessel was sunk on April 11, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Roy Warfield
Star City, IN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 138th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 30
Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.
Buried, Grave 5, Row 17, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Ray Warfield.
1918
Verner J. Warner
Redwood Falls, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 125th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried, Grave 7, Row 24, 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
Edwin Gray Washburn
Winside, NE
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 1st Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: April 11, 1918 / Age: 28
Died of pneumonia on April 11, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 3395 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Harry Howard Watkins
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 140th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 27, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on Sept. 27, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 29, 1921, and buried Grave 2580, European Section, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Jacob Weber
World War I (WWI)
Date of Loss: November 11, 1918 / Age:
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information NOT found in the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Edward Nicholas Weber
St. Martin, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 58th Infantry
Date of Loss: May 23, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on May 23, 1918, in sinking of Moldavia.
Buried in the British Channel.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1919
Pvt.1st Class Lewis D. Weeks
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 220th Company, Military Police Corps, Aviation Section, Production Center No. 2
Date of Loss: February 06, 1919 / Age: 21
Died of accidental shot, on Feb. 6, 1919.
Buried, Feb. 7, 1919, in Grave 50, Cemetery 159, Romorantin, France. Remains returned to U. S. on Nov. 17, 1920, and consigned to Lewis J. Weeks, Prole, Iowa. (place of burial not given).
1920
John William Well
Cavalier, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: February 06, 1920 / Age: 23
Died on Feb. 6, 1920, at Cavalier, N. Dak.
Buried, Cavalier, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Joseph Ira Francis Weller
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 1st Field Signal Battalion
Date of Loss: November 06, 1918 / Age: 25
Died on Nov. 6, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried in Grave 24, Row 38, Block G, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1919
Lemuel Morgan Wells
Cando, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 26th Engineers
Date of Loss: February 03, 1919 / Age: 28
Died of broncho pneumonia, at Bordeaux, France, on Feb. 3, 1919.
Buried at Gironde, France. Remains returned to U. S. on Nov. 10, 1920, and buried at Cando, N. Dak.
1918
Edward William Werle
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 14th Ammunition Train
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 31
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 3429 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Albert Wermedahl
Hatton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 5th Limited Service Regiment, Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 27
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 3429 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Theodore Werre
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 306th Animal Transport Depot
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 11, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 3430 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
World War II (WWII)
1943
Captain Walter W. Webster
World War I (WWI), World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: March 16, 1943 / Age: 54
Died in service in Chester, Pennsylvania