State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1920
John Alfred Johanson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 352nd Infantry
Date of Loss: January 14, 1920 / Age: 27
Died of tuberculosis on Jan. 14, 1920.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1525 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1920
John William Well
Cavalier, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: February 06, 1920 / Age: 23
Died on Feb. 6, 1920, at Cavalier, N. Dak.
Buried, Cavalier, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1920
Pvt. Harold Lyster
Marshall, NDWorld War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery C, 124th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: November 18, 1920 / Age: 28
Died at State Hospital, Jamestown, on Nov. 18, 1920, and buried in the Marshall Cemetery, at Marshall, N. Dak., on Nov. 20, 1920.
Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1920
Pvt.1st Class Edward Huft
Harvey, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 26th Infantry
Date of Loss: November 15, 1920 / Age: 22
Died, Nov. 15, 1920, at Minneapolis, Minn.
Buried, Harvey, N. Dak.
Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1920
Cpl. Horace Eugene Preston
Grand Forks, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 19th Division, Supply Train
Date of Loss: July 25, 1920 / Age: 30
Died at Grand Forks, N. Dak., on July 25, 1920.
Buried at Grand Forks, N. Dak.
Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1920
QMA1 John Joseph Jollie
St. John, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Naval Aeronautic Station, Pensacola, Fla.
Date of Loss: February 20, 1920 / Age: 31
Died at Naval Hospital, San Diego, Calif., on Feb. 20, 1920.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1919
AS Clarence Philip Hickner
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Scranton
Date of Loss: March 28, 1919 / Age: 18
Died on USS Scranton on March 28, 1919.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1347 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1919
Pvt.1st Class Carl Bostrom Jr.
McHenry, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery B, 1st Trench Mortar Battalion
Date of Loss: February 03, 1919 / Age: 21
Died at Mesves Hospital Center, Army Postoffice No. 798, France, on Feb. 3, 1919.
Buried, Grave 36, Row 1, Block C, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.
1919
Lt. Col. Gilbert Collins Grafton
South Fargo, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: US Army Air Service School
Date of Loss: February 05, 1919 / Age: 58
Died at Camp Hospital No. 24, AEF, on Feb. 5, 1919.
Buried, Grave 6, Row 9. Block B, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1919
Lemuel Morgan Wells
Cando, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 26th Engineers
Date of Loss: February 03, 1919 / Age: 28
Died of broncho pneumonia, at Bordeaux, France, on Feb. 3, 1919.
Buried at Gironde, France. Remains returned to U. S. on Nov. 10, 1920, and buried at Cando, N. Dak.
1919
1st Lt. William LaFayette Cowper
Grand Forks, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Medical Corps
Date of Loss: March 09, 1919 / Age: 41
Died at Camp Hospital No. 40, Anur Rest Camp, Liverpool, England, on March 9, 1919.
Buried in Cemetery No. 288, Liverpool, England. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 23, 1920, and buried at Grand Forks, N. Dak., on Sept. 7, 1920.
1919
Pvt. Homer Pearl Johnson
Carson, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 140th Infantry
Date of Loss: January 11, 1919 / Age: 26
Died of diphtheria, at Embarkation Hospital, Newport News, Va., on Jan. 11, 1919.
Buried at Carson, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1919
Charles Karl Nielson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 339th Machine Gun Battalion
Date of Loss: March 14, 1919 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia on March 14, 1919.
Buried, Grave 26, Row 16, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1919
Pvt. Harry Merton Hardy
Bernstad [sic] (possibly Burnstad), ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 1st Field Signal Battalion
Date of Loss: February 22, 1919 / Age: 30
Died of pneumonia on Feb. 22, 1919, at Coblenz, Germany.
1919
Anton Labolewich
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Medical Detachment
Date of Loss: January 22, 1919 / Age: 23
Died of influenza on Jan. 22, 1919.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Anton Labelewich.
1919
Seaman Second Class Floyd Fredric Young
Neche, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS New Mexico
Date of Loss: April 20, 1919 / Age: 24
Died on USS New Mexico, at New York, N. Y., on April 20, 1919.
Buried at Neche, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.