State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Mechanic John A. Granlund
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 22, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on July 22, 1918.
Buried, Grave 1, Row 36, Block D, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
PFC Melvin T. Johnson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: June 01, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on May 1, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1572 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
George F. Haider
St. Anthony, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company No. 1
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:77th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of the Spanish Flu of October 6, 1918.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1177 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Carl Oscar Stensvold
Greenwood, WI
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: September Automatic Replacement Draft, Fort Screvens Unit No. 2
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 24
Died in the sinking of the Otranto, on Oct. 6, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 27, 1920, and buried at Greenwood, Wis.
Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Christian Angel Brekke
Simcoe, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery E, 335th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: February 03, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Pike, Ark., on Feb. 3, 1918.
Buried at Simcoe, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Joseph R. Erickson
Cooperstown, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 39th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.
Buried in Grave 24, Row 43, 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
Sargent Albert Franklin Nelson
Leonard, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 164th Infantry Regiment, Americal Division
Date of Loss: June 19, 1918 / Age: 27
Killed in Action on July 19, 1918. Buried in Cemetery C-39, Located in the Commune of Courmelles, Aisne; re-buried at Leonard, Richland County, North Dakota.
1918
Richard Emil Larson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 1st Infantry
Date of Loss: October 22, 1918 / Age: 29
Died of broncho pneumonia, on Oct. 22, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Richard Larsen.
1918
Edward Philip O'Malley
Woodland, WI
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 128th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 29
Killed in action on Oct. 1, 1918.
Buried in Grave 37, Row 17, Block H, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Percy George Carter
Sheldon, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 317th Field Signal Battalion
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of lobar pneumonia at Base Hospital No. 53, France, on Oct. 6, 1918.
Buried, Cemetery No. 13, Grave No. 121, Langres, France. Remains returned to U. S. on May 13, 1921, and buried at Sheldon, N. Dak.
1918
Pvt.1st Class William Emery Smith
Taneville, MO
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 328th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 16, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action Oct. 16, 1918.
Buried, Grave 15, Row 35, 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. John Raymond Joyce
Crosby, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: May 17, 1918 / Age: 19
Died on May 17, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on April 5, 1921, and buried at Crosby, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
S2c Edwin George Quarne
Towner, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Naval Air Station, L'Aber Vrach, France
Date of Loss: December 04, 1918 / Age: 31
Died at L'Aber Vrach, France, on Dec. 4, 1918.
Buried at Towner, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Pierce county.
1918
Ole Staxrud
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 137th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 24, 1918 / Age: 28
Killed in action on Sept. 24, 1918.
Buried, Grave 13, Row 14, Block G, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
William Clyde Robinson
Vernon, WV
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 39th Regiment, Transportation Corps
Date of Loss: November 12, 1918 / Age: 24
Died, as a result of being struck by train, on Nov. 12, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Feb. 15, 1921, and buried in Robinson Cemetery, Vernon, W. Va.
Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class John D. English
Niagara, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 213th Field Signal Battalion
Date of Loss: November 04, 1918 / Age: 21
Died of empyema on Nov. 4, 1918, at Camp Lewis, Wash.
Buried at Niagara, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.