State Heroes

Pvt. Frank Benedict Holicky

Lakota, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 9th Marchine Gun Battalion

Date of Loss: July 15, 1918 / Age: 21

Killed in action at Chateau-Thierry on July 15, 1918.

Buried, Grave No. 24, Section R, Plot No. 1, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France. Remains returned to U. S. on Jan. 10, 1922, and buried at Lakota, N. Dak.

Phillip John Mayer, Jr.

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Air Service

Date of Loss: May 02, 1918 / Age: 25

Died on May 2, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 3, page 2120 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Cpl. Royal Osmer Gray

Lakota, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 47th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 30, 1918 / Age: 22

Killed in action on Sept. 30, 1918.

Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 19, 1921, and buried at Lakota, N. Dak.

Cpl. Oscar D. Keene

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 47th Infantry

Date of Loss: August 04, 1918 / Age: 23

Killed in action on Aug. 4, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 2, page 1638 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Pvt. Andy Oliver Berg

Hatton, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 61st Infantry

Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age: 23

Died on Oct. 17, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 15, 1921, and buried in Bethel Congregational Cemetery, Hatton, N. Dak.

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

Cpl. William T. Henry

Grand Forks, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 329th Aero Service Squadron

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

Died of disease at Salisbury Plains, England, on Oct. 23, 1918.

Buried, Grave 12, Row 5, Block C, Brookwood American Cemetery, Brookwood, England.

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