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
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
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
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.
1918
Archie C. Fortin
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery D, 40th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age: 29
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 17, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 955 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Carl Alfred Arneson
Coulee, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:First Battalion
Date of Loss: May 09, 1918 / Age: 29
Died of broncho pneumonia on May 9, 1918.
Buried at Coulee, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
1st Lt. Kennedy Scott Wanner
Cooperstown, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 308th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on Oct. 5, 1918.
Buried, Grave 25, Row 6, Block A, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Clarence Henry Fjerstad
Cannon Falls, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 118th Engineers
Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia, at Bellecreek, Minn., on Oct. 12, 1918.
Buried at Cannon Falls, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Eddy county.
1918
Hugh P. Minehan
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
Cook Clair Louis Bixby
Brainerd, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 04, 1918 / Age: 24
Died in France, of pneumonia, on July 4, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 26, 1920, and buried at Brainerd, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.