State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
James Harshey Nelson
Wyndmere, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 18th Company, Main Training Depot, Machine Gun Training Center
Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 30
Died of pnuemonia, on Oct. 4, 1918.
Buried, Wyndmere, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class John Henry Coombes
Killdeer, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 24, 1918 / Age:
Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 1, page 610 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
John Thomas Morton
Page, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 58th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 22, 1918 / Age: 25
Died on Sept. 22, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried in France; remains returned to U. S. on Nov. 18, 1920, and buried at Page, N. Dak.
Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Charles Edward LaBrash
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 79th Company
Date of Loss: October 03, 1918 / Age: 30
Killed in action on Oct. 3, 1918.
Burial, Grave No. 2727, Arlington National Cemetery, Va.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Corporal Ernest W. Anderson
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.
1918
Cpl. Edwin P. J. Hagen
Seattle, WA
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 327th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Oct. 12, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. Oct. 19, 1921, and buried in Evergreen Memorial Park, Seattle, Wash.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Lt. Edgar A. Fisher
Valley City, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 38th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 01, 1918 / Age: 28
Drowned in Marne River on July 1, 1918, while in command of a detail to capture prisoners across the river.
1918
Nick Angel Martinson
Lidgerwood, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery B, 14th Battalion, 5th Regiment Field Artillery Replacement Depot
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 20
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., on Oct. 6, 1918.
Buried at Lidgerwood, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Nicalai A Martinson.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Almon Burton Coffin
Velva, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 27
Died of wounds received in action, Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried in Grave 144, Plot 3, Section E, American Cemetery, Vaubecourt-Meuse, France. Reburied in Arlington Cemetery, Va.
1918
Wagoner Frank M. Kain
Oberon, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 127th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Division
Date of Loss: October 23, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 23, 1918.
Buried, Grave 14, Row 28, Block F, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Ivar E. Holsten
Haley, 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.
1918
Carl Melvin Askin
LaMoure, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 348th Infantry
Date of Loss: January 16, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of broncho pneumonia, at Camp Pike, Ark., on Jan. 16, 1918.
Buried at LaMoure, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Floyd W. Griffin
Delaco [sic], 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.
1918
Ole Langehaug
Bottineau, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 128th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action, on Oct. 12, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 16, 1921, and buried in Nordlands Cemetery, Bottineau, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Cass county.
1918
Pvt. Forrest T. D. Hume
Drake, ND
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division
Date of Loss: July 18, 1918 / Age:
1918
Cpl. Einer Brateng
Devils Lake, ND
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 39th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: