State Heroes Total:
3938
Service Branch

World War I

Christ Sortland photo 1918

Christ Sortland

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 138th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 24

Killed in action on Oct. 1, 1918.

Buried, Grave 32, Section 18, Block 1, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France. Remains returned to Norway, and consigned to Ole John Sortland, Bergen, Norway.

Emil Lyman Newman photo 1918

Emil Lyman Newman

Carthage, IL

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 20th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 28, 1918 / Age: 17

Died in Base Hospital, Fort Riley, Kans., on Oct. 28, 1918.

Buried, Carthage, Ill.

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

Wyatt E. Silker photo 1918

Pvt.1st Class Wyatt E. Silker

Babcock, IA

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 23

Killed in action on Oct. 1, 1918.

Buried, Grave 31, Row 23, Block A, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Carl Nygaard photo 1918

Carl Nygaard

Wolford, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 34th Company, 161st Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 25

Died of pneumonia at Camp Grant, Ill., on Oct. 4, 1918.

Buried at Wolford, N. Dak.

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

Henry Biffart photo 1918

Pvt. Henry Biffart

Hebron, ND

World War I

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.

Arthur Eugene Shaw photo 1918

Pvt.1st Class Arthur Eugene Shaw

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 23

Killed in action at Argonne Forest, Oct. 10, 1918.

Buried in Grave 8, Row 37, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Albert Herman Rohde photo 1918

Albert Herman Rohde

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 36th Company, 161st Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 30

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 6, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 4, page 2741 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Frank B. Peterman photo 1918

Frank B. Peterman

Chicago, IL

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 137th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 26

Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918.

Buried, Grave 35, Row 19, Block G, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Albert Richard Nord photo 1918

Albert Richard Nord

Carver, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 358th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 14, 1918 / Age: 30

Died on Sept. 14, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Remains returned to U. S. on June 20, 1921, and buried in West Union Cemetery, Carver, Minn.

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

Archie LeRoy Gilmore photo 1918

Pvt. Archie LeRoy Gilmore

Hartley, IA

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 22

Killed in action, Oct. 9, 1918.

Buried, Grave 37, Row 23, Block A, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Helmer P. Stigen photo 1918

Helmer P. Stigen

Gorham, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 41st Company, 160th Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 27

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 11, 1918.

Buried, Gorham, N. Dak.

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

Paul John Soberg photo 1918

Paul John Soberg

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 38th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 24

Killed in action on Oct. 12, 1918.

Buried, Grave 30, Row 7, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Magnus H. Bjornson photo 1918

Pvt.1st Class Magnus H. Bjornson

Mountain, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 78th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 24

Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 5, 1918.

Buried at Mountain, N. Dak.

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

Lynn Fancis Spiering photo 1918

Cpl. Lynn Fancis Spiering

Hillsboro, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: July 20, 1918 / Age: 20

Killed in action on July 20, 1918.

Grave unlocated.

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

Walter Gustav Daschner photo 1918

Walter Gustav Daschner

Hunter, ND

World War I

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.