State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Pvt. Roy McKinley Basford
Troy, SD
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 128th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 21
Killed in action in battle of Argonne, on Oct. 13, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 3, 1921, and buried in Grave 2736, European Section, Arlington National Cemetery, Va.
1918
Oscar A. Bast
Streeter, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 10th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 8, 1918.
Buried, Streeter, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Robert Williams Bates
Park River, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 10th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 17
Died of pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 8, 1918.
Buried at Park River, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
John Batsch
Cleveland, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 10th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 10, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 1, page 195 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Thomas Batterberry
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
Pvt. John Paul Bauer
Hankinson, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 138th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action, on Sept. 28, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on July 25, 1921, and buried at Hankinson, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Cpl. Howard B. Bean
Oakes, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 16th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 22, 1918 / Age: 29
Died on July 22, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 29, 1921, and consigned to Livingston Bean, Oakes, N. Dak. (Place of burial unknown).
1917
Ernst C. Bearson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: December 09, 1917 / Age: 23
Died of broncho pneumonia on Dec. 9, 1917.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 1, page 205 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Private Charles William Beck
Hot Springs, AR
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 18th Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: July 18, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action at Soissons, France, on July 18, 1918.
Buried, Grave 2, Row 36, Block A, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Howard Mayland Beck
Granville, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery B, 321st Field Artillery
Date of Loss: November 02, 1918 / Age: 26
Killed in action on Nov. 2, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 10, 1921, and Buried in Grave 3712, European Section, Arlington National Cemetery, Va.
1918
Pvt. Emil G. Beck
Fessenden, ND
World War I (WWI)
Date of Loss: November 11, 1918 / Age:
Name NOT 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
John Albert Becker
Fairmount, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 16, 1918 / Age:
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND. Listed as John A. Decker.
Information found on page 212 in the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Pvt. Clarence Victor Beckley
Paynesville, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 116th Field Signal Battalion
Date of Loss: September 22, 1918 / Age: 21
Died of pneumonia, Sept. 22, 1918, at Field Hospital, St. Angnias, Noyers, France.
Buried in St. Angnias, Noyers, France. Remains returned to U. S. on Nov. 3, 1920, and buried at Paynesville, Minn.
