State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Delbert Benjamin Van Allen
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 362nd Infantry
Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on Sept. 29, 1918.
Buried, Grave 32, Row 23, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
PFC William F. Leisner
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 339th Machine Gun Battalion
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried, Grave 28, Row 24, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemeter, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Lawrence Sylvester Stephenson
Turtle Lake, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Coast Artillery Corps, 1st Company
Date of Loss: April 22, 1918 / Age: 31
Died of heart disease, on April 22, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 3096 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Harry Schwind
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 128th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 14, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Oct. 14, 1918.
Buried, Grave 1, Row 41, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
August Schnell
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 137th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 02, 1918 / Age: 30
Killed in action on Oct. 2, 1918.
Grave unlocated.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Corporal Henry Hafener
Mooreton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 77th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of broncho pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 13, 1918.
Buried at Mooreton, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Henry Hafner.
1918
Wagoner Herbert Francis Stroberger
Faribault, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 12th Machine Gun Battalion
Date of Loss: October 23, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of broncho pneumonia, on Oct. 23, 1918.
Buried, Grave 12, Row 3, 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
Edwin Morken
Springgrove, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 28
Killed in action on Oct. 6, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 17, 1921, and consigned to Sam Morken, Springgrove, Minn. (place of burial not given).
1918
Bert Oscar Wood
Portal, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 19, 1918 / Age: 28
Killed in action at Soissons, France, on July 19, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. May 24, 1921, and buried, Portal, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Elmer Ernest Rule
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 9th Observation Battery, Field Artillery, Central Officers Training School, Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky.
Date of Loss: October 25, 1918 / Age:
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 25, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 2782 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Roger Thompson
Neche, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 8th Infantry
Date of Loss: November 01, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia at Hoboken, N. J., on Nov. 1, 1918.
Buried at Neche, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Sevrin Bourk
Sykeston, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 1st Army Headquarters Regiment
Date of Loss: November 18, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed by prisoner when making an arrest as a Military Police, on Nov. 18, 1918, at La Harve, France.
Buried, Grave 10, Row 19, Block B, Somme American Cemetery, Bony, Aisne, France.
1918
Jerald F. Fairchild
Battle Creek, MI
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 40th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 20, 1918 / Age: 32
Died at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 20, 1918.
Buried at Battle Creek, Mich.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. John R. Holdaas
Bottineau, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 140th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 29
Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 8, 1921, and buried at Bottineau, N. Dak.
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