State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
William Whalen
Leeds, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 164th Field Hospital, 116th Sanitary Train
Date of Loss: January 16, 1918 / Age: 29
Died of pneumonia, on Jan. 16, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Dec. 28, 1920, and buried at Leeds, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Carl O. Stigen
Field, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 34th Company, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 28
Died of influenza on Oct. 4, 1918.
Buried, Field township, Nelson county. N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Cpl. Albert Peterson
Mayville, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 137th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918.
Buried, Grave 40, Row 8, Block B, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Gunner's Mate 3c Harold Clark Potter
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Naval Hospital, Annapolis, Md.
Date of Loss: October 19, 1918 / Age: 24
Died at Naval Hospital, Annapolis, Md., on Oct. 19, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Cpl. Bert J. Potratz
Hillsboro, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 18, 1918 / Age: 20
Killed in action on July 18, 1918.
Place of burial unknown. Some place in France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Clarence Anton Pederson
Primrose, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 34th Company, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 29
Died of pneumonia at Camp Grant, Ill., on Oct. 7, 1918.
Buried in Primrose township, Steele county, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Traill county.
1918
Newton H. Lovell
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
Cpl. William F. Thiele
Chicago, IL
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 11th Company, 3rd Battalion, 160th Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 18, 1918 / Age: 31
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 18, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 3205 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Cpl. Axel Herman Leander
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on Oct. 8, 1918.
Buried in Grave 31, Row 4, 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 C. Taylor
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
Henry W. Karsten
Long Prairie, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 40th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 15, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1630 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Harry H. Larendeau
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
Frederick C. Petter Roll
Brainerd, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Ambulance Company No. 352, 313tth Sanitary Train
Date of Loss: October 31, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of influenza at Hericourt, France, on Oct. 31, 1918.
Buried at Hericourt, France. Remains returned to U. S. May 25, 1921, and buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Brainerd, Minn.
1918
Richard Muri
Mekinock, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 2nd Battalion,163rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: April 17, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on April 17, 1918.
Buried at Mekinock, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
John M. Larson
Houston, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 140th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on Oct. 1, 1918.
Buried, Grave 22, Row 43, 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
Lewis O. Huus
Hatton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 139th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 15, 1921, and buried in Zoar Congressional Cemetery, Hatton, N. Dak.