State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1919
Pvt. Martin Johnson
Bartlett, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 314th Field Signal Battalion
Date of Loss: April 24, 1919 / Age: 23
Died on April 24, 1919, as the result of an accidental discharge of a pistol.
Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 16, 1920, and buried in Hoff Cemetery, Brocket, N. Dak.
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.
1919
Cpl. Thomas George Laughlin
Grand Forks, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: March 22, 1919 / Age: 22
Accidentally killed by passenger train, in France, on March 22, 1919.
Remains returned to U. S. on July 7, 1922, and consigned to James Laughlin, Grand Forks, N. Dak. (place of burial not given).
1919
Jacob Ben Fisher
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 349th Infantry
Date of Loss: March 19, 1919 / Age: 24
Died at Camp Upton, N. Y., on March 19, 1919.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 1, page 918 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1919
Pvt.1st Class Gordon Harold Powers
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Ordnance Repair Shops, Motor Transport Corps
Date of Loss: March 14, 1919 / Age: 23
Died of influenza on March 14, 1919.
Buried, Grave 28, Row 19, Block A, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1919
Allen W. Stanton
Lakeview, MI
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 115th Infantry
Date of Loss: March 20, 1919 / Age: 23
Died at US Base Hospital No. 69, Army Postoffice No. 939, Savenay, France, March 20, 1919.
Remains returned to U. S. Oct. 6, 1920, and buried at Winfield Cemetery, Lakeview, Mich.
1919
Johan Alfred Barstad
Nome, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Provost Guard Company
Date of Loss: January 02, 1919 / Age: 27
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Jan. 2, 1919.
Buried at Nome, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as John E Barstad.
1919
Pvt.1st Class William James Blair
Langdon, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 139th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division
Date of Loss: January 25, 1919 / Age: 27
Died of pneumonia at Bazoilles-Sur-Meuse, France, on Jan. 25, 1919.
Buried, Grave 29, Row 16, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1919
Frederick Garfield Baker
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery E, 18th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: June 14, 1919 / Age: 32
Accidentally killed at Palch, Germany, June 14, 1919.
Buried at Marn, Germany. Remains returned to U. S. Oct. 4, 1920, and buried in Grave 656, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
1919
Pvt. Frank Lucas Schanilec
Vesleyville, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery C, 40th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: August 09, 1919 / Age: 23
Died at Dunseith, N. Dak., on Aug. 9, 1919.
Buried at Vesleyville, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1919
Horace Albert Tanner
Danville, IL
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 362nd Infantry
Date of Loss: June 09, 1919 / Age: 23
Died at LeMans, France, on June 9, 1919.
1919
Pvt.1st Class Lewis D. Weeks
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 220th Company, Military Police Corps, Aviation Section, Production Center No. 2
Date of Loss: February 06, 1919 / Age: 21
Died of accidental shot, on Feb. 6, 1919.
Buried, Feb. 7, 1919, in Grave 50, Cemetery 159, Romorantin, France. Remains returned to U. S. on Nov. 17, 1920, and consigned to Lewis J. Weeks, Prole, Iowa. (place of burial not given).
1919
Nurse Nora Emile Anderson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Base Hospital No. 68
Date of Loss: January 16, 1919 / Age: 38
Died of meningitis, on Jan. 16, 1919.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 1, page 87 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1919
F3 Gordon Severin Barr
Valley City, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Naval Training Station, Hampton Roads, Va.
Date of Loss: June 08, 1919 / Age: 15
Died of diphtheria at Great Lakes, Ill, on June 8, 1919.
Buried at Valley City, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1919
Nickodemus Ereth
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 3rd Spruce Squadron, Spruce Production Division
Date of Loss: September 15, 1919 / Age: 28
Died of broncho pneumonia, on Sept. 15, 1919.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 1, page 847 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1919
Pvt.1st Class William Max Crabtree
Jamestown, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Cadet Detachment
Date of Loss: March 25, 1919 / Age: 20
Died in airplane accident, at Fort Sill, Okla., on March 25, 1919.
Buried at Jamestown, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.