State Heroes Total:
3940
Service Branch

World War I

Edward Metzger photo 1918

Edward Metzger

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery F, 339th Field Artillery

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

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 29, 1918.

Buried, Grave 19, Row 7, Block B, Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, Aisne, France.

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

Paul Martin Hanson photo 1918

2nd Lt. Paul Martin Hanson

Church's Ferry, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 4th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 23

Killed in action, on Oct. 13, 1918.

Place of burial unknown.

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

Sevrin Bourk photo 1918

Pvt. Sevrin Bourk

Sykeston, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 1st Army Headquarters Regiment

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

Killed by prisoner when making an arrest as a Military Police, on Nov. 18, 1918, at La Harve, France.

Buried, Grave 10, Row 19, Block B, Somme American Cemetery, Bony, Aisne, France.

Carl Elmer Landers photo 1918

Carl Elmer Landers

Kenaston, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 21

Killed in action, on Sept. 26, 1918.

Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 26, 1921, and buried at Kenaston, N. Dak.

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

John R. Holdaas photo 1918

Pvt. John R. Holdaas

Bottineau, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 29

Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.

Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 8, 1921, and buried at Bottineau, N. Dak.

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

Harry J. Pederson photo 1918

Harry J. Pederson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 128th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 23

Killed in action on Oct. 15, 1918.

Buried in Grave 22, Row 16, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Thomas James Mealy photo 1918

Pvt.1st Class Thomas James Mealy

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: July 19, 1918 / Age: 21

Killed in action on July 19, 1918.

Buried, Grave 7, Row 22, Block C, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Grand Forks county.

Joseph Sherman photo 1918

Joseph Sherman, Jr.

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:8th Brigade

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:4th Division (Regular)

Date of Loss: May 23, 1918 / Age: 23

Drowned on May 23, 1918, in the sinking of the Moldavia.

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

Anthony William Zirbes photo 1918

Anthony William Zirbes

Lone Tree, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: July 22, 1918 / Age: 27

Killed in action on July 22, 1918.

Grave unlocated.

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

Phillip John Mayer, Jr. photo 1918

Phillip John Mayer, Jr.

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Air Service

Date of Loss: May 02, 1918 / Age: 25

Died on May 2, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 3, page 2120 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Hjalmer Joakim Hanson photo 1918

Hjalmer Joakim Hanson

Fertile, MN

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 5th Limited Service Regiment, 161st Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 30

Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 11, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 2, page 1232 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Albert Grass photo 1918

Pvt. Albert Grass

Cannon Ball, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 164th Infantry

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

Killed in action at Soissons-Paris Road, July 18, 1918. His company was entrenched along the Paris, Soissons Road south of the Chemin de Dames and he volunteered to get some water for his buddies.

Thomas Witchic photo 1918

Thomas Witchic

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 22

Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918.

Buried, Grave 8, Row 6, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Victor Bryon Wallin photo 1918

1st Lt. Victor Bryon Wallin

Washburn, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 356th Infantry

Date of Loss: November 11, 1918 / Age: 22

Killed in action at Commune of Pouilly, Meuse, France, on Nov. 11, 1918.

Buried at Washburn, N. Dak.

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

Oscar D. Keene photo 1918

Cpl. Oscar D. Keene

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 47th Infantry

Date of Loss: August 04, 1918 / Age: 23

Killed in action on Aug. 4, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 2, page 1638 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.