State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
John Joe Rybus
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Field Remount Squadron No. 325
Date of Loss: November 20, 1918 / Age: 20
Died of pneumonia on Nov. 20, 1918.
Buried, Grave 2, Row 32, Block A, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as John Rigbus.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Jerry Merril Lanphear
Escanaba, MI
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 20, 1918 / Age: 29
Killed in action on July 20, 1918.
Returned to U. S., Feb. 25, 1922. Buried, Grave 1481, European Section, Cuser Battlefield, Mont.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Clair Edward Mead
Valley City, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 118th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 23, 1918 / Age: 26
Died, Oct. 23, 1918, at Surrey, England, of wounds received in action.
Remains returned to U. S. on June 2, 1920, and buried at Valley City, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. H. Halvdan
Maddock, 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
Cook Milfred Harry Owen
Lisbon, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 41st Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 22
Died at Camp Custer, Mich., of pneumonia, Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Lisbon, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Martin Hoff
Brooten, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 14th Ammunition Train
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 30
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 13, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1376 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Carl Edwin Rogen
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 26
Killed in action, on Oct. 5, 1918.
Buried, Grave 16, Row 12, 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
Joseph Stephen Mudek
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 43rd Company, 5th Regiment
Date of Loss: June 13, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action, June 13, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2239 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Bugler Carroll O. Flesche
Portland, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 327th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Division
Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 26
Killed in action on Oct. 8, 1918.
Buried in Grave 24, Row 26, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
William D. Martin
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 350th Infantry
Date of Loss: May 18, 1918 / Age: 19
Died of pneumonia on May 18, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2095 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Alfred B. Larsen
Cooperstown
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 138th Infantry
Date of Loss: December 13, 1918 / Age: 25
Died on Dec. 13, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 22, Row 18, Block C, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiacourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.
1918
William Reynolds
Grafton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 352nd Infantry
Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia, at American Base Hospital, Hericourt, France, on Oct. 8, 1918.
Buried at Hericourt, France. Remains returned to U. S. May 31, 1921, and buried at Grafton, N. Dak.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Lauren Paul Wirkus
Minto, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 5th Field Battalion, Signal Corps
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried, Grave 26, Row 4, 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
Martin J Mikkelson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 14th Trench Mortar Battery
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 6, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2156 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Pvt. James Andrew Conery
Graceville, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery B, 127th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried in France; remains returned to U. S. on Nov. 18, 1920, and buried in Lakeside Cemetery, Graceville, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Henry William Sumner
Fingal, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 16th Company, 4th Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 23
Died at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on Oct. 11, 1918, of pneumonia.
Buried, Fingal, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.