State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Cpl. Martin O. Leslie
Bryant, SD
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 126th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on Oct. 6, 1918.
Buried in Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Alfred J Lockman
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: June 20, 1918 / Age:
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Name included on the WWI Memorial at Richland County Court House.
Robert C. Tovsrud
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 135th Machine Gun Battalion
Date of Loss: October 31, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on Oct. 31, 1918.
Buried, Grave 17, Row 1, Block D, Flanders Field American Cemetery, Waereghem, Belgium.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Private Robert Collins
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Division
Date of Loss: July 21, 1918 / Age:
1918
Private First Class Egil Amandus Olson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M
Date of Loss: July 22, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on July 22, 1918.
Buried, Grave 28, Row 13, 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
Dreng H. Roisland
Kloten, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 109th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried, Grave 5, Row 2, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
John Oscar
Jerseyville, IL
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 307th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 28
Killed in action on Oct. 4, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 14, 1921, and buried in Grave 3528, European Section, Arlington National Cemetery, Va.
Pvt. George David Bremner
Phillsburg [sic] (possibly Phillipsburg), ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 308th Infantry
Date of Loss: November 11, 1918 / Age:
Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 1, page 389 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Ralph Ellis Olinger
Erie, IL
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 313th Military Police
Date of Loss: October 16, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 16, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on June 6, 1921, and buried in Erie Cemetery, Erie, Ill.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Roy Lawrence Horgan
Langdon, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 66th Company, 5th Regiment
Date of Loss: June 22, 1918 / Age: 25
Died on June 22, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Burial, France. Reinterred in Calvary Cemetery, Langdon, N. Dak., Nov. 4, 1920.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Clifford Louis Lantis
Niobrara, NE
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery A, 13th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: November 01, 1918 / Age: 23
Died on Nov. 1, 1918, to wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 19, Row 5, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Elvin Erickson Nyhus
Hatton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 37th Battalion, US Guards, The Presidio
Date of Loss: October 24, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia at The Presidio, San Francisco, Calif., on Oct. 24, 1918.
Buried at Hatton, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Botolf Hoydahl
Ambrose, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 2nd Company, 1st Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 21, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on Oct. 21, 1918.
Buried at Ambrose, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Walter Guetschow
Liberty, WI
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 313th Engineer Regiment, 88th Division
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of pneumonia, at Romagne, France, Oct. 11, 1918.
Buried, Grave 3, Row 16, Block A, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Henry C. Roder
Anamoose, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 10th Detachment, Administration Labor Company
Date of Loss: October 14, 1918 / Age: 28
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 14, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. and buried at Anamoose, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
2nd Lt. Harry Blaine Randolph
Fergus Falls, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Students Army Training Corps
Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 39
Died of pneumonia, at Fort Sheridan, Ill., on Oct. 1, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.