State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Private Hiram Ornn Wiper
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 25, 1918 / Age: 19
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
Buried at Forman Cemetery, Sargent County, North Dakota.
1918
Sgt. Ralph C. Rose
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 126th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Oct. 4, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 2757 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Henry Johnson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Oct. 4, 1918.
Buried in Grave 17, Row 8, 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
Pvt. William Glenn Carroll
Minot, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 20, 1918 / Age: 20
Died on July 20, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 29, 1921, and buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Minot, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Charles T. Sampson
Scandia, PA
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 7th Engineers
Date of Loss: August 17, 1918 / Age: 36
Killed in action on Aug. 17, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on June 10, 1921, and buried in Scandia Cemetery, Scandia, Pa.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Kent Jorgenson
Thompson, ND
World War I (WWI)
Date of Loss: November 11, 1918 / Age:
Killed in action.
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
Henry Miller
Glasgow, MT
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 313th Ammunition Train
Date of Loss: October 22, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 22, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S., Oct. 31, 1921, and buried at Glasgow, Mont.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Forrest Eugene Williams
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 34th Company, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 02, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 2, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 3477 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Edwin Andrew Undhjem
Flaxton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 40th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 8, 1918.
Buried, Flaxton, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Edven Undhjem.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Amund Olauson
Cooperstown
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 307th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 27
Died on Oct. 5, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 28, Row 46, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Pvt. Henry Biffart
Hebron, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 321st Infantry Regiment, 81st Division
Date of Loss: November 11, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action, on Nov. 11, 1918.
Buried, Grave 1, Row 5, Block D, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Lavern James Thompson
Cavalier, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 20
Killed in action on Oct. 7, 1918.
Buried in France. Reburied, Cavalier, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Eugene Wynne
Lucy, TN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: April 12, 1918 / Age: 20
Died at Newport News, Va., on April 12, 1918.
Buried at Lucy, Tenn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Barnes county.
1918
Mess Sgt. Roy N. Tackaberry
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 352nd Infantry
Date of Loss: December 30, 1918 / Age: 27
Died of heart disease on Dec. 30, 1918.
Buried in American Cemetery No. 22, Savenay, France. Remains returned to U. S. Jan. 24, 1922, and buried Grave 4191, European Section, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
1918
Valdemar J. Hemmingsen
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery D, 40th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 11, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Valdemar J Hemmingson.
1918
John L. Larson
Garfield, WI
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 110th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 03, 1918 / Age: 25
Died on Oct. 3, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 17, 1921, and buried in South Beef River Cemetery, Garfield, Wis.