State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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. 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
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
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.