State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Lieutenant Colonel Frederick E. Smith
Rockford, IL
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 308th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 45
When communication from the forward regimental post of command to the battalion leading the advance had been interrupted temporarily, by the infiltration of small parties of the enemy armed with machine guns, Lieutenant-Colonel Smith personally led a p
1918
1st Lt. Thomas Lyle Russell
Minneapolis, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 47th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on Oct. 4, 1918, at Bois de Brieulles.
Buried, Cemetery No. 735, Bois de Brieulles.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
William Albert Milkey
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 140th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action in Meuse-Argonne, on Sept. 26, 1918.
Buried in Grave 24, Row 25, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
William W. Whalen
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
Seaman 2c George Arlington Hill
Ardoch, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Naval Training Station, Seattle, Wash.
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of pneumonia at Seattle, Wash., on Oct. 13, 1918.
Buried at Ardoch, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Lloyd H. Still
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 2nd Engineers
Date of Loss: June 10, 1918 / Age: 29
Killed in action on June 10, 1918.
Buried, Grave 77, Row 6, Block A, Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
George F. Haider
St. Anthony, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company No. 1
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:77th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of the Spanish Flu of October 6, 1918.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1177 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Pvt. Thorvald Brenden
Kerkhoven, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: May 10, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on May 10, 1918.
Buried, Kerkhoven, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Jacob Rau
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.
1918
Edward Philip O'Malley
Woodland, WI
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 128th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 29
Killed in action on Oct. 1, 1918.
Buried in Grave 37, Row 17, Block H, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class William Emery Smith
Taneville, MO
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 328th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 16, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action Oct. 16, 1918.
Buried, Grave 15, Row 35, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
S2c Edwin George Quarne
Towner, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Naval Air Station, L'Aber Vrach, France
Date of Loss: December 04, 1918 / Age: 31
Died at L'Aber Vrach, France, on Dec. 4, 1918.
Buried at Towner, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Pierce county.
1918
Pvt. Elmer Taylor Sidman
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 18, 1918 / Age: 20
Killed in action, near Soissons, on July 18, 1918.
Grave unlocated.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Morton county.
1918
Jacob Schock
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 16th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 19, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on July 19, 1918.
Buried in France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
William Clyde Robinson
Vernon, WV
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 39th Regiment, Transportation Corps
Date of Loss: November 12, 1918 / Age: 24
Died, as a result of being struck by train, on Nov. 12, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Feb. 15, 1921, and buried in Robinson Cemetery, Vernon, W. Va.
Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
William Emanuel Olsen
Minneapolis, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 54th Pioneer Infantry
Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 30
Died in France, on Oct. 4, 1918.
Buried in Argonne-American Cemetery.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.