State Heroes Total:
3942
Service Branch

World War I (WWI)

Roy McKinley Basford photo 1918

Pvt. Roy McKinley Basford

Troy, SD

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 128th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 21

Killed in action in battle of Argonne, on Oct. 13, 1918.

Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 3, 1921, and buried in Grave 2736, European Section, Arlington National Cemetery, Va.

Peter Rosle photo 1918

Private First Class Peter Rosle

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B

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

Killed in action on Aug. 6, 1918.

Buried, Grave 17, Row 23, Block A, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.

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

George Swiggum photo 1918

George Swiggum

Hilendal, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 77th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 27

Died of pneumonia, Oct. 9, 1918, at Base Hospital, Camp Custer Mich.

Buried in Hilendal Cemetery, Hilendal township, Richland county, North Dakota.

Fred W. Dietrich photo 1918

Pvt. Fred W. Dietrich

Minnewauken, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 138th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division

Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 22

Died on Sept. 29, 1918, of wounds received in Meuse-Argonne.

Buried, Grave 12, Row 25, Block H, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Ferl Oliver Hayes photo 1918

Private Ferl Oliver Hayes

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 24, 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

Michael Babich photo 1918

Pvt. Michael Babich

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Division

Date of Loss: November 18, 1918 / Age: 27

Died on Nov. 18, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried, Grave 17, Row 5, Block H, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Niels Jensen photo 1918

Pvt. Niels Jensen

Luverne, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 137th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division

Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 29

Killed in action on Oct. 1, 1918.

Buried, Grave 36, Row 31, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Reuben A. Pfettscher photo 1918

Reuben A. Pfettscher

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.

Gunder Aslakson photo 1918

Private Gunder Aslakson

Webster, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 352nd Infantry

Date of Loss: October 20, 1918 / Age: 28

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 20, 1918.

Buried in French Military Cemetery, Trauack (Alsace). Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 1, 1921, and buried at Webster, N. Dak.

Harry Christian Hansen photo 1918

Pvt. Harry Christian Hansen

Cooperstown

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 28th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division

Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 22

Killed in action on Oct. 4, 1918.

Buried, Grave 11, Row 7, Block F, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Bryan Elias Raney photo 1918

Bryan Elias Raney

Rogers, AR

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 358th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 12, 1918 / Age: 22

Killed in action on Sept. 12, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on June 22, 1921, and buried in Rogers Cemetery, Rogers, Ark.

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

Virgil Fredrick photo 1918

Pvt. Virgil Fredrick

Fargo, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 307th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 26

Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 6, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 2, page 976 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Gerhard E Radloff photo 1918

Gerhard E Radloff

Hankinson, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 313th Engineers

Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 23

Died of pneunomia, at Herricourt, France, on Oct. 6, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. May 31, 1921, and buried in German Emmanuel Church Cemetery, Hankinson, N. Dak.

Martin J. Dahl photo 1918

Pvt. Martin J. Dahl

Loma, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 58th Infantry

Date of Loss: August 06, 1918 / Age: 27

Killed in action on Aug. 6, 1918.

Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on June 14, 1921, and buried at Loma, N. Dak.

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

William Raymond Kelley photo 1918

Wagoner William Raymond Kelley

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 465th Engineers Pontoon Train

Date of Loss: November 28, 1918 / Age: 32

Drowned, accidentally, in the Moselle River, Nov. 28, 1918.

Buried, Grave 30, Row 12, Block B, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.