State Heroes

John George Nuestel

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 110th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 26

Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918.

Buried, Grave 27, Row 21, Block B, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Coxswain Charles Otto Morgenstern

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS New York

Date of Loss: February 16, 1918 / Age: 21

Died on USS New York, on Feb. 16, 1918.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Information found in Volume 3, page 2220 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Manuel Alfred Dahl

Valley City, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 53rd Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 28

Died of broncho pneumonia, at Camp Hancock, Ga., on Oct. 6, 1918.

Buried at Valley City, N. Dak.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Elmer Peterson

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 339th Field Artillery

Date of Loss: October 28, 1918 / Age: 28

Died of pneumonia, at Clermont-Ferrand, France, on Oct. 28, 1918.

Buried, Grave 4, Row 9, Block B, Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, Aisne, France.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Private Harold Abel

Fordville, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G

Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 21

Killed in action on Oct. 15, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 29, 1921, and consigned to Archie Abel, Fordville, N. Dak. (place of burial not given).

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Pvt.1st Class Menton Gunnerud

Brinsmade, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 110th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 30, 1918 / Age: 33

Died of wounds received in action at Argonne Forest, France, on Sept. 30, 1918.

Jacob Miller

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 164th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 28

Killed in action on Oct. 8, 1918.

Buried, Grave 29, Row 9, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Sgt. George A. Potel

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 164th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 16, 1918 / Age: 20

Died, Sept. 16, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried, Grave 6, Row 3, Block C, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.

Arthur Alfred Lindberg

Grand Forks, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 338th Machine Gun Battalion

Date of Loss: October 16, 1918 / Age: 25

Died of pneumonia at La Grande, France, on Oct. 16, 1918.

Buried, Chantville, France; reburied at Grand Forks, N. Dak.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Clyde Earl Wortman

Hixton, WI

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 313th Military Police

Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 24

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 11, 1918.

Buried, Grave 10, Row 22, Block H, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Wagoner Dewey W. Fink

Grand Forks, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 164th Infantry

Date of Loss: June 07, 1918 / Age: 20

Killed in action on June 7, 1918.

Buried, Grave 12, Row 14, Block D, Somme American Cemetery, Bony, Aisne, France.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Albert Gariepy

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Sanitary Detachment, 125th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 22

Killed in action on Oct. 6, 1918.

Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 14, 1921, and buried in Grave 3343, European Section, Arlington National Cemetery, Va.

Chris Emil Larson

Mt. Carroll, IL

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 138th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 22

Killed in action on Oct. 1, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on Feb. 25, 1922, and buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Mt. Carroll, Ill.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

John Albert Becker

Fairmount, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: November 16, 1918 / Age:

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND. Listed as John A. Decker.

Information found on page 212 in the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Ernest Sanders

Frederick, WI

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 4th Company, Provisional Battalion, 138th Infantry

Date of Loss: May 10, 1918 / Age: 22

Died of scarlet fever, on May 10, 1918.

Buried at sea.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Pvt. John Rasmussen

River Falls, WI

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 4th Infantry

Date of Loss: July 23, 1918 / Age: 21

Killed in action on July 23, 1918.

Buried in France. Reburied in Grave 4477, European Section, Arlington National Cemetery, Va.