State Heroes Total:
3940
Service Branch

World War I

William T. Henry photo 1918

Cpl. William T. Henry

Grand Forks, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 329th Aero Service Squadron

Date of Loss: October 23, 1918 / Age: 23

Died of disease at Salisbury Plains, England, on Oct. 23, 1918.

Buried, Grave 12, Row 5, Block C, Brookwood American Cemetery, Brookwood, England.

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

Jay Rugg photo 1918

Pvt.1st Class Jay Rugg

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: June 19, 1918 / Age: 23

Died, June 19, 1918,of wounds received in action.

Buried, Grave 6, Row 23, Block B, Somme American Cemetery, Bony, Aisne, France.

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

George W. Mew photo 1918

George W. Mew

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 139th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 27, 1918 / Age: 31

Killed in action on Sept. 27, 1918.

Buried in Grave 12, Row 12, Block G, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Melvin Strandwold photo 1918

Melvin Strandwold

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 348th Infantry

Date of Loss: February 04, 1918 / Age: 21

Died of scarlet fever on Feb. 4, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 4, page 3130 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Jacob Miller Geyer photo 1918

Pvt. Jacob Miller Geyer

Sheyenne, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Division

Date of Loss: October 02, 1918 / Age: 29

Killed in action on Oct. 2, 1918.

Buried, in Grave 12, Row 3, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Nels T. Wold photo 1918

Private Nels T. Wold

Minnewauken, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:138th Infantry Regiment

Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 22

He rendered most gallant service in aiding the advance of his company, which had been held up by machine-gun nests, advancing, with one other soldier, and silencing the guns; bringing with him, upon his return, 11 prisoners.

Martin Sanders photo 1918

Martin Sanders

Mekinock, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: July 06, 1918 / Age: 24

Killed in action, July 6, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 31, 1921, and buried in Middle Grove Cemetery, Mekinock, N. Dak.

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

Martin Lewis Urdahl photo 1918

Martin Lewis Urdahl

Dahlen, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 312th Supply Train

Date of Loss: January 16, 1918 / Age: 22

Died of pneumonia at Camp Pike, Ark., on Jan. 16, 1918.

Buried, Dahlen, N. Dak.

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

Irvin Earl Silvy photo 1918

Cpl. Irvin Earl Silvy

Solomon, IL

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: July 19, 1918 / Age: 22

Killed in action near Soissons, France, on July 19, 1918.

Buried in France.

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

Bernhard Severin Bredell photo 1918

PFC Bernhard Severin Bredell

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 27

Killed in action on Oct. 4, 1918.

Buried, Grave 17, Row 42, Block F, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

John Eggers photo 1918

Pvt. John Eggers

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 128th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Division

Date of Loss: November 10, 1918 / Age: 25

Killed in action on Nov. 10, 1918.

Buried in Grave 9, Row 41, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Charles Schwerdler photo 1918

Charles Schwerdler

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery F, 40th Field Artillery

Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 30

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 2895 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Fred John Sprecher photo 1918

Fred John Sprecher

Golden Valley, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery E, 338th Field Artillery

Date of Loss: March 03, 1918 / Age: 23

Died of peritonitis, at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on March 3, 1918.

Buried, Golden Valley, N. Dak.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as John F Sprecher.

Melvin LeRoy Pippinger photo 1918

Melvin LeRoy Pippinger

Knapp, WI

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 30

Died Sept. 28, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried at Chateau Salvange, Rarecourt, France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 12, 1921, and buried in Teegard Cemetery, Knapp, Wis.

Edmond Orning photo 1918

Private Edmond Orning

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps UND Grand Forks ND

Date of Loss: October 31, 1918 / Age: 21

Died while serving as a member of the Student Army Training Corps  on the UND campus in Grand Forks during the 1918 flu pandemic. Name included on the UND S.A.T.C. website