State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Pvt.1st Class John Tomala
Peirz, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 5th Field Battalion, Signal Corps
Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Oct. 4, 1918.
Buried in France. Reburied at Peirz, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Divide county.
1918
Jacob Miller
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 28
Killed in action on Oct. 8, 1918.
Buried, Grave 29, Row 9, Block C, 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 G. Gondo
Pittsburgh, PA
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 306th Infantry Regiment, 77th Division
Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 23
Died on Oct. 15, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 9, Row 8, Block H, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Sgt. George A. Potel
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 16, 1918 / Age: 20
Died, Sept. 16, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 6, Row 3, Block C, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.
1918
Clyde Earl Wortman
Hixton, WI
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 313th Military Police
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 11, 1918.
Buried, Grave 10, Row 22, 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
Deemer Herbert Faltz
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 23, 1918 / Age: 20
Killed in action, on July 23, 1918.
Buried, in France; reburied in Grave 1952, Arlington National Cemetery, Va.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Albert Gariepy
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Sanitary Detachment, 125th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on Oct. 6, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 14, 1921, and buried in Grave 3343, European Section, Arlington National Cemetery, Va.
1918
Chris Emil Larson
Mt. Carroll, IL
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 138th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on Oct. 1, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Feb. 25, 1922, and buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Mt. Carroll, Ill.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Wagoner John Frederick Kuehne
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 4th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Division
Date of Loss: October 27, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of broncho pneumonia, on Oct. 27, 1918.
Buried, Grave 26, Row 21, Block A, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Ernest Sanders
Frederick, WI
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 4th Company, Provisional Battalion, 138th Infantry
Date of Loss: May 10, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of scarlet fever, on May 10, 1918.
Buried at sea.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. John Rasmussen
River Falls, WI
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 4th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 23, 1918 / Age: 21
Killed in action on July 23, 1918.
Buried in France. Reburied in Grave 4477, European Section, Arlington National Cemetery, Va.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Arthur C. Larson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 140th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action at Exermont, France, on Oct. 1, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on July 28, 1921, and buried in Grave 2444, European Section, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
1918
Pvt. Otto H. Carlson
Fargo, 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
Sgt. Theodore Joseph Valerius
Larimore, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 5th Field Battalion, Signal Corps
Date of Loss: January 04, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of pneumonia at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, on Jan. 4, 1918.
Buried at Larimore, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Cpl. Van David Jones
Rhane [sic] (possibly Rhame), ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 59th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 19, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on July 19, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Jan. 10, 1922, and buried in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 16, 1922.
1918
Bernard Hagen
Park River, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 78th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 9, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1166 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.