State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1919
BGLR Benjamin Olson
Valley City, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: May 18, 1919 / Age: 19
Died at Hoboken, N. J., on May 18, 1919.
Buried at Valley City, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1919
Christopher Oleson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery D, 12th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: February 20, 1919 / Age: 22
Died of broncho pneumonia at Coblenz, Germany, on Feb. 20, 1919.
Remains returned to U. S. on July 24, 1920, and buried in Grave 172, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
1919
Sgt. Gerald Aaron Haskin
Oberon, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Quartermaster Corps
Date of Loss: January 09, 1919 / Age: 18
Died of pneumonia, at New York, N. Y., on Jan. 9, 1919.
Buried at Oberon, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1919
Private Fred Otis Cooper
Lidgerwood, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 350th Infantry
Date of Loss: June 28, 1919 / Age: 25
Died at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Washington, D. C., on June 28, 1919.
Buried in Movius Cemetery, Lidgerwood, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1919
Michael Jay McElvain
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 67th Company, Transportation Corps
Date of Loss: March 16, 1919 / Age: 28
Died of typhoid fever on March 16, 1919.
Buried, Grave 3, Row 31, Block F, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1919
Elmer Justin Irgens
Tolley, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 139th Infantry
Date of Loss: June 15, 1919 / Age: 24
Died at Debarkation Hospital No. 5, New York City, N. Y., on June 15, 1919.
Buried at Tolley, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1919
Pvt. Edwin Herman Witcik
Fargo, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: January 17, 1919 / Age: 25
Died of broncho pneumonia, Jan. 17, 1919.
Buried in Grave 468, Cemetery 6, Bazailles sur Meuse, France. Remains returned to U. S. May 31, 1921, and buried in Springvale Cemetery, three miles north of Fargo, N. Dak.
1919
Andor Christian Nelson
Fort Ransom, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 12th Company, 3rd Training Battalion, 151st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: April 01, 1919 / Age: 24
Died at Camp Devens, Mass., on April 1, 1919.
Buried at Fort Ransom, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1919
Tom A. Shirek
Lankin, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 139th Infantry
Date of Loss: February 11, 1919 / Age: 23
Died of scarlet fever, on Feb. 11, 1919.
Buried, Grave 14, Row 12, Block D, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1919
PFC Elmer Hartlet Thompson
Fargo, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 1st Heavy Artillery Motor Ordnance Repair Shop
Date of Loss: April 06, 1919 / Age: 27
Died at Coblenz, Germany, on April 6, 1919.
Buried at Coblenz, Germany. Remains returned to U. S. July 29, 1920, and buried at Fargo, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1919
Sgt.1st Class Charles E. Johnston
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 875th Aero Repair Squadron
Date of Loss: June 01, 1919 / Age: 37
Died on June 1, 1919, at Base Hospital No. 91, of pneumonia.
Buried, Grave 16, Row 25, Block C, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.
1919
Cpt. James Johnson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 1st Infantry
Date of Loss: June 13, 1919 / Age: 41
Died on June 13, 1919, at Camp Lewis, Wash.
Buried, Camp Lewis, Wash., Grave No. 1
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
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
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.