State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Pvt. Lee Thomas Ford
Milwood, IL
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 18, 1918 / Age: 19
Killed in action near Soissons, France, on July 18, 1918.
Buried in Grave 8, Row 33, Block D, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Gordon Marshal Lindgren
Cooperstown
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 20, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on July 20, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on May 13, 1921, and buried at Cooperstown, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Fred Shephard
Hensel, ND
World War I (WWI)
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 23rd Infantry
Date of Loss: September 13, 1918 / Age: 26
Killed in action on Sept. 13, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. Aug. 4, 1921, and buried in Grave 1986, European Section, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
1918
Lyle Porter Cunningham
Kenmare, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Detachment No. 3, 64th Spruce Squadron
Date of Loss: July 30, 1918 / Age: 24
Drowned at Aberdeen, Wash., on July 30, 1918.
Buried, Kenmare, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Wagoner Ray Earl Vessey
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 339th Machine Gun Battalion
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried, Grave 29, Row 23, 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
Pvt. Cecil Frederick Cooke
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division
Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 26
Died on Oct. 8, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 2, 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. James Kane
Knox, ND
World War I (WWI)
Date of Loss: November 11, 1918 / Age:
Killed in action.
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
Sergeant Gerhart Melvin Gunderson
Grand Forks, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 30th Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:8th Battalion
Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 5, 1918.
Buried, Grand Forks, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Alfred Elie Johnson
Frost, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 3rd Pioneer Infantry
Date of Loss: September 27, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia, on Sept. 27, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Dec. 16, 1921, and buried in Emerald Cemetery, Frost, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Mountrail county.
1918
George G. Cook
Cando, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 77th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 11, 1918.
Buried at Cando, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as George C Cook.
1918
Pvt. Edward Anton Broberg
Aneta, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 140th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division
Date of Loss: September 30, 1918 / Age: 27
Killed in action on Sept. 30, 1918.
Buried, Grave 15, Row 17, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
2nd Lt. John Gerald Hubertz
Fargo, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: November 06, 1918 / Age: 22
Died on Nov. 6, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried in Grave 95, Staden, Belgium. Re-buried at Fargo, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
James Meheles
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on Oct. 5, 1918.
Buried in Grave 23, Row 5, 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
Martin Peterson
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
Henry James Colgrove
Dickinson, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 33rd Company, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia at Camp Grant, Ill., on Oct. 6, 1918.
Buried at Dickinson, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Gust Kales
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.