State Heroes Total:
3940
Service Branch

World War I (WWI)

Loe James Billings photo 1918

Pvt.1st Class Loe James Billings

Lisbon, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 303rd Field Signal Battalion

Date of Loss: October 22, 1918 / Age: 29

Killed in action on Oct. 22, 1918.

Buried in France. Reburied at Lisbon, N. Dak.

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

Elmer Hiatt photo 1918

Pvt. Elmer Hiatt

Flagler, IA

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 27

Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 19, 1921, and buried in Grave 3307, European Section, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.

Walter Gustav Daschner photo 1918

Walter Gustav Daschner

Hunter, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery D, 40th Field Artillery

Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age: 22

Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 17, 1918.

Buried at Hunter, N. Dak.

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

Oscar Ekstrom photo 1918

Pvt.1st Class Oscar Ekstrom

Valley Springs, SD

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 7th Machine Gun Battalion, 3rd Division

Date of Loss: July 30, 1918 / Age: 21

Died on July 30, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried in Grave 10, Row 10, Block A, Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, Aisne, France.

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

August M. Krieger photo 1918

Private August M. Krieger

Milnor, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: November 11, 1918 / Age:

Died of wounds.

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.

William Johnson photo 1918

Pvt. William Johnson

Glover, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: January 09, 1918 / Age: 20

Died of pneumonia, at Winchester, England, on Jan. 9, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. June 14, 1920, and buried in Grave 36, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.

Donald Aldene Miller photo 1918

Donald Aldene Miller

Leesburg, IN

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: September 12, 1918 / Age: 26

Killed in action on Sept. 12, 1918.

Buried in France. Reburied at Leesburg, Ind.

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

Harold William Beltman photo 1918

Pvt. Harold William Beltman

Tower City, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 79th Company, 6th Regiment

Date of Loss: June 14, 1918 / Age: 20

Killed in action on June 14, 1918.

Burial, Section C, Plot 3, Cemetery 1764; reinterred at Tower City, N. Dak.

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

Herman G. Helgeson photo 1918

Pvt. Herman G. Helgeson

Walcott, 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: 24

Killed in action Sept. 28, 1918.

Buried, American Cemetery, Chatel Chehery, Argennes, France. Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 10, 1921, and buried at Walcott, N. Dak.

Adolph M. Sorum photo 1918

Adolph M. Sorum

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.

Lee Gautsche photo 1918

Pvt.1st Class Lee Gautsche

Langdon, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 362nd Infantry

Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 25

Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.

Buried in Grave 10, Row 20, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, France.

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

William Howard Bardsley photo 1918

Cpl. William Howard Bardsley

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 360th Infantry

Date of Loss: November 02, 1918 / Age: 20

Killed in action on Nov. 2, 1918.

Buried, Grave 21, Row 40, Block A, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Richard Blue Earth photo 1918

Cpl. Richard Blue Earth

Cannon Ball, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 24

Killed in action on Oct. 9, 1918, to the Meuse-Argonne Offensive.

Buried, Grave No. 97, Section No. 27, Plot No. 2, Cemetery No. 1232, Argonne-American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France. Reburied at Cannon Ball, N. Dak.

Henry Frank Koch photo 1918

Pvt. Henry Frank Koch

Deering, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 137th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division

Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 24

Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918.

Buried in Grave 30, Row 33, Block B, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Friedrich F. Marzolf photo 1918

Private Friedrich F. Marzolf

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 18, 1918 / Age: 22

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