State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Pvt. Eugene Victor Evans
Mott, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 313th Ammunition Trains, 88th Division
Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia, at Herricourt, France, on Oct. 17, 1918.
Buried, Grave 6, Row 5, Block F, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Ross S. Ruland
Glen Ullin, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 313th Engineers
Date of Loss: May 22, 1918 / Age: 26
Died at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on May 22, 1918.
Buried at Glen Ullin, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
William G. Peterson
Finley, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 322nd Infantry
Date of Loss: November 09, 1918 / Age: 28
Killed in action on Nov. 9, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. and buried at Finley, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Steele county.
Adolph R. Pechlat
Wahpeton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery B 41st Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of Broncho pneumonia at Camp Custer Michigan on October 11, 1918. Buried at St. Joseph's Cemetery, Brushvale, Minnesota.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
James L. Lumsden
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.
Sgt. Ross Reuben Chapman
Hanover, IL
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 30th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 21
Killed in action at Meuse-Argonne, on Oct. 10, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S., Sept. 7, 1921, and buried at Hanover, Ill.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Aslak Vettrus
Rolette, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 34th Company, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia at Camp Grant, Ill., on Oct. 6, 1918.
Buried, Rolette, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Charles Vernon Little
Hampton, IA
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 22, 1918 / Age: 24
Died on July 22, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried in Grave 52, Row 9, Block B, Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Louis Ousley
Wilton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: February 02, 1918 / Age: 19
Killed in action on Feb. 2, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on June 28, 1921, and buried in Riverview Cemetery, Wilton, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Corporal Anton Henry Ulijohn
New England, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 164th Infantry
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:164th Infantry
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:First Division AEF
Date of Loss: September 17, 1918 / Age: 22
Died, Sept. 17, 1918, of wounds received in action, near St. Mihiel, France.
Buried, Vertrezay, France. Remains returned to U. S. on June 27, 1921, and buried in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, New England, N. Dak.
Pvt. Carl Hildenbrand
Ashley, ND
World War I (WWI)
Date of Loss: November 11, 1918 / Age:
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Karl Hildenbrand.
Information NOT found in the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Robert Herman Karstens
Mankato, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 53rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 21
Died of influenza, on Oct. 6, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1630 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
George T. Larsen
World War I (WWI)
Date of Loss: November 11, 1918 / Age:
Name 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.
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.
Fred O. Smeltzer
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
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.