State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Frank Leslie Townsend
LaMoure, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 137th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 27, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Sept. 27, 1918.
Buried, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 19, 1921, and buried at LaMoure, 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.
1918
Raymond Stake
Chambersburg, PA
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 58th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 18, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action, at Chateau-Thierry, on July 18, 1918.
Buried, Grave 23, Row 4, Block A, Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
George Washington Kimbell
Buffalo, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 163rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of broncho pneumonia, at Camp Dodge Iowa, on Oct. 8, 1918.
Buried at Buffalo, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Elgin Evens
Voss, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 128th Infantry
Date of Loss: November 10, 1918 / Age: 30
Killed in action on Nov. 10, 1918.
Buried in Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 12, 1921, and buried in Lutheran Cemetery, Grafton, N. Dak.
1918
George W. Zengel
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
Bjarni Kjartanson
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
2nd Lt. Grant Andrew McDonald
Grafton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 349th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 04, 1918 / Age: 23
Died at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on July 4, 1918, of accidental gunshot wound.
Buried at Grafton, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Joseph Charwatt
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 325th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Division
Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 28
Died on Oct. 15, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave- 4, Row 24, Block B, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Yeoman Second Class John Anderson
Hoople, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Von Steuben
Date of Loss: April 01, 1918 / Age: 19
Died at Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa., on April 1, 1918.
Buried at Hoople, N. Dak.
Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Allen B. Loudon
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
Otto Leysring
Windsor, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 137th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918, at Argonne Forest.
Buried, Grave 37, Row 30, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Pvt. Frederick A. Bohner
Foltarie [sic] (possibly Voltaire), 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
Pvt. Gustave Hillert
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: May 23, 1918 / Age: 34
Killed in action on May 23, 1918.
Buried, Grave 14, Row 20, Block C, Somme American Cemetery, Bony, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Sebastian Mischel
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 111th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918.
Buried in Grave 31, Row 17, Block H, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
James A. Palmer
Newlon, MT
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Fort Caswell September Automatic Replacement Draft, Company No. 2
Date of Loss: October 02, 1918 / Age: 37
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 2, 1918, at Camp Merritt, N. J.
Buried, Newlon, Mont.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.