State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
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
John Nelson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 358th Infantry
Date of Loss: February 12, 1919 / Age: 31
Died of tuberculosis on Feb. 12, 1919.
Buried, Grave 15, Row 39, Block A, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1919
Vernon Livdahl
Bismarck, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Field Hospital Company No. 13
Date of Loss: June 26, 1919 / Age: 20
Died at First Embarkation Hospital, Hoboken, N. J., on June 26, 1919.
Buried at Bismarck, N. Dak.
Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1919
Lewis Swingen
Hannaford, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 319th Engineers
Date of Loss: September 29, 1919 / Age: 23
Died at Fort Bayard, N. Mex., on Sept. 29, 1919.
Buried at Hannaford, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Lewis Swingren.
1919
Cpl. Eldred Elmore Siltman
Browersville, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: March 16, 1919 / Age: 26
Died of disease in France on March 16, 1919.
Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 12, 1920. Buried at Browersville, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1919
Farrier Orville Taylor Haughtelin
Starkweather, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: February 18, 1919 / Age: 24
Died of heart failure at Neuf Chateau, France, on Feb. 18, 1919.
Buried, Grave 4, Row 41, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1919
Cpl. Ludvig Lorentz Tuft
Garden, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 6th Infantry
Date of Loss: February 07, 1919 / Age: 27
Died of pneumonia, at sea, on Feb. 7, 1919.
Buried, Garden, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1919
Apprentice Seaman Olaf Sigurd Haiberg
Crosby, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Navy Rifle Range, Rumford, Ill.
Date of Loss: March 11, 1919 / Age: 19
Died in Naval Hospital, N. Y., on March 11, 1919.
Buried at Troy Cemetery, Crosby, ND.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1919
Peter G. Iverson
Grand Forks, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company No. 12, 3rd Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: January 23, 1919 / Age: 18
Died of pneumonia at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on Jan. 23, 1919.
Buried at Grand Forks, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1919
Pvt.1st Class Marshall R. Farnam
Inkster, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: April 23, 1919 / Age: 26
Died of broncho pneumonia, at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on April 23, 1919.
Buried at Inkster, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Grand Forks county.
1919
Pvt.1st Class Philip Olvin Larson
Enderlin, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 317th Field Signal Battalion
Date of Loss: May 22, 1919 / Age: 24
Died at Camp Wadsworth, S. C., on May 22, 1919.
Buried at Enderlin, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1919
Pvt. Fred William Berner
Jamestown, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 21st Engineers
Date of Loss: April 02, 1919 / Age: 25
Died of pneumonia, on April 2, 1919, at Base Hospital No. 87, Toul, Meuse.
Remains returned to U. S. on May 23, 1921, and buried in Grave 1770, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
1919
Sgt. Peter O. Sunde
Wadena, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 54th Infantry
Date of Loss: March 03, 1919 / Age: 31
Died of pneumonia on March 3, 1919.
Remains returned to U. S. June 14, 1921, and buried at Wadena, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1919
Pvt.1st Class Allan Guy Thayer
Bismarck, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery D, 41st Field Artillery
Date of Loss: February 04, 1919 / Age: 28
Died at Base Hospital, Camp Custer, Mich., on Feb. 4, 1919, from peritonitis.
Buried, Fairview cemetery, Bismarck, N. Dak., Feb. 7, 1919.
Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1919
Wagoner Einar E. Orbom
St. Paul, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Field Hospital No. 41
Date of Loss: February 06, 1919 / Age: 23
Died on Feb. 6, 1919, of pneumonia.
Buried, Grave 31, Row 14, Block H, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1919
Pvt. Fay Lex Taylor
Towner, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 307th Infantry
Date of Loss: May 10, 1919 / Age: 26
Died of disease at New York City, on May 10, 1919.
Buried at Towner, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.