State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Cpl. Howard W. Dietrich
South Bend, IN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 1st Field Artillery Brigade
Date of Loss: September 27, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia on Sept. 27, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on June 1, 1921, and buried in Riverview Cemetery, South Bend, Ind.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Jesse Wilson Dillon
Freeman, MO
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 164th Field Hospital, 116th Sanitary Train
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 28
Died on Sept. 26, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried in France. Reburied in Grave 2251, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Roy Alfred Dingman
Oelwein, IA
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Troop E, 7th Cavalry, Fort Bliss, Texas
Date of Loss: October 18, 1918 / Age: 21
Died of pneumonia at Fort Bliss, Texas, on Oct. 18, 1918.
Buried at Oelwein, Iowa.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Private Thomas Tostin Dokken
Erie, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 47th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 4th Division
Date of Loss: July 31, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of wounds received in action, on July 31, 1918.
Buried, Grave 23, Row 9, Block B, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All-Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Walter Norman Donaldson
Big Bend, WI
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 210th Engineers
Date of Loss: October 23, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia, at Fort Riley, Kans., on Oct. 23, 1918.
Buried at Big Bend, Wis.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. William V. Donnelly
Benson, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 27
Killed in action on Oct. 5, 1918.
Buried, Grave 28, Row 39, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Jacob Dorgeloos
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 357th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 26, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on Oct. 26, 1918.
Buried in Grave 33, Row 38, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Clifford L. Doty
Doon, IA
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 17th Cavalry
Date of Loss: June 06, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of acute appendicitis on June 6, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 1, page 748 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Ermiston Oscar Douglas
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 34th Company, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 03, 1918 / Age: 21
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Grant, Ill., on Oct. 3, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Ainsley Stewart Douglas
Cooperstown
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles, "B" Company, 8th Infantry Brigade
Killed in action.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 1, page 750 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Wagoner Arthur William Dryden
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: November 08, 1918 / Age: 21
Died of pneumonia and influenza, Nov. 8, 1918.
Buried, Grave 25, Row 30, Block B, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
1st Lieutenant Ralph Dryden
Grafton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 2nd Aviation Instruction Center, Air Service
Date of Loss: December 13, 1918 / Age: 22
Accidentally killed in aeroplane accident, at Tours, France, on Dec. 13, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 29, 1920, and buried at Grafton, N. Dak.
1918
Emil T. Dunham
Erhards Grove, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 43rd Company, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Grant, Ill., on Oct. 8, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
World War I (WWI) Student Army Training Corps (SATC)
1918
Private Frank Peter Dostert
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps UND Grand Forks ND
Date of Loss: October 28, 1918 / Age: 20
Died while serving as a member of the Student Army Training Corps on the UND campus in Grand Forks during the 1918 flu pandemic. Name included on the UND S.A.T.C. website