State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Oliver Martin Biggs
Adrian, MI
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 4th Company, 1st Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: June 21, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia, on June 21, 1918, at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Buried at Adrian, Mich.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Ralph McGarvey
Bismarck, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 104th Engineers
Date of Loss: October 19, 1918 / Age: 19
Died on Oct. 19, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried in French Cemetery. Re-buried at Bismarck, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Henry Bernard Pacholl
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 357th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 25, 1918 / Age: 23
Died on Oct. 25, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 15, Row 26, Block H, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
2nd Lt. Paul Martin Hanson
Church's Ferry, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 4th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action, on Oct. 13, 1918.
Place of burial unknown.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Carl Elmer Landers
Kenaston, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 139th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 21
Killed in action, on Sept. 26, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 26, 1921, and buried at Kenaston, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Helmer Cornelius Pederson
Flora, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 22nd Company, 6th Battalion, 160th Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of broncho pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 15, 1918.
Buried at Flora, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Anthony William Zirbes
Lone Tree, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 22, 1918 / Age: 27
Killed in action on July 22, 1918.
Grave unlocated.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Hjalmer Joakim Hanson
Fertile, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 5th Limited Service Regiment, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 30
Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 11, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1232 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Edwin Wittmayer
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 19
Killed in action on Oct. 11, 1918.
Buried, Grave 39, Row 41, Block B, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
1st Lt. Victor Bryon Wallin
Washburn, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 356th Infantry
Date of Loss: November 11, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action at Commune of Pouilly, Meuse, France, on Nov. 11, 1918.
Buried at Washburn, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Holger Tall
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, Development Battalion No. 1
Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 27
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 12, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 3183 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Ernest E. Larsen
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
Teamster Robert R. Bigham
Dunseith, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Disciplinary Barracks, Quartermaster Corps, Fort Leavenworth, Kans.
Date of Loss: December 13, 1918 / Age: 37
Died of pneumonia at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., on Dec. 13, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Reuben A. Pfettscher
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
Victor Edward Bloomgren
Chicago, IL
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Medical Department, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: December 19, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of typhoid fever at Bazoilles sur Meuse, Vosges, France, on Dec. 19, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on May 24, 1921, and buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, (Blue Island), Chicago, Ill.
1918
William Henry Gerow
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 26, 1918 / Age: 27
Died on July 26, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Haileybury, Ontario.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.