State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Pvt.1st Class Joseph J. Leif
Norwood, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 313th Engineers
Date of Loss: December 15, 1918 / Age: 28
Died of pneumonia on Dec. 15, 1918.
Buried, Grave 9, Row 21, Block D, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Theodor B. Tonneson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Ambulance Company No. 352, 313th Sanitary Train, Medical Department
Date of Loss: October 23, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 23, 1918.
Buried, Grave 16, Row 45, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Vivian James Olmstead
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery A, 42nd Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 17, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2395 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Peter Peterson
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
Pvt.1st Class Alfred A. Olson
Hatton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 39th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action, on Sept. 29, 1918.
Buried in Grave 34, Row 33, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Cpl. John Raymond O'Hara
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 9th Infantry
Date of Loss: August 03, 1918 / Age: 21
Died on Aug. 3, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 10, Row 8, Block B, Suresnes American Cemetery, Suresnes, Seine, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
John K. Flemmer
Glen Ullin, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 4th Company, 1st Development Battalion, 166th Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: November 03, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Lewis, Wash., on Nov. 3, 1918.
Buried, Glen Ullin, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Claude Arvel Marsh
Hope, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 20, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action, July 20, 1918.
Buried in Grave 21, Row 37, Block B, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Christen Rensla
Denbigh, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery B, 335th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 24, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 24, 1918, at Base Hospital No. 9.
Buried, French Cemetery, American Plot, St. Denis, Chateau Roux, Indre, France. Remains returned to U. S. on Jan. 25, 1922, and buried at Denbigh, N. Dak.
1918
Joseph Alexander Preshard
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 36th Company, 9th Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 28
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 11, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2605 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Joseph LeRoy Loomis
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 30th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 15, 1918 / Age: 21
Killed in action on July 15, 1918.
Buried in Grave 22, Row 27, Block B, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Serings-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Edward Metzger
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery F, 339th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 29, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 29, 1918.
Buried, Grave 19, Row 7, Block B, Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Albert H. Floyd
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 19, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on July 19, 1918.
Buried in France. Reburied in Southfields, London, S. W. 18, England.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Raymond V. Kirkey
Minot, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 18, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on July 18, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S., on July 25, 1921, and consigned to Mrs. Mary Kirkey, Minot, N. Dak. (place of burial not given).
1918
Harry J. Pederson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 128th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on Oct. 15, 1918.
Buried in Grave 22, Row 16, 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
Pvt.1st Class Thomas James Mealy
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 19, 1918 / Age: 21
Killed in action on July 19, 1918.
Buried, Grave 7, Row 22, Block C, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Grand Forks county.