State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1919
Joseph Perreault
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 289th Company, Military Police Corps
Date of Loss: July 06, 1919 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia on July 6, 1919.
Buried, Grave 19, Row 7, Block B, Suresnes American Cemetery, Suresnes, Seine, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1919
Cook Clarence William Jacobson
Amidon, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery E, 338th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: March 25, 1919 / Age: 25
Died, Slope Center, N. Dak., on March 25, 1919.
Buried, Amidon, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
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
Hospital Sgt. Paul W. Robinson
North Adams, MA
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Medical Department, Office of Surgeon, Base Section No. 1
Date of Loss: April 22, 1919 / Age: 25
Died of diphtheria laryngitis, on April 22, 1919.
Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 11, 1920, and buried in Hillside Cemetery, North Adams, Mass.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1919
Cpl. Ray Charles Pinkham
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Medical Detachment, 164th Ambulance Company, 116th Sanitary Train
Date of Loss: June 12, 1919 / Age: 29
Died of tuberculosis, on June 12, 1919.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2576 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
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
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
Pvt.1st Class David K. O'Brien
Wilton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: January 12, 1919 / Age: 19
Died of wounds received in action, Jan. 12, 1919.
Buried at Bazoilles, France. Remains returned to U.S. on Dec. 16, 1921, and buried in Riverview Cemetery, Wilton, N. Dak.
1919
Cpl. Melvin Johnson
Rolette, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 78th Infantry
Date of Loss: February 03, 1919 / Age: 28
Died at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on Feb. 3, 1919.
Buried at Rolette, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1919
Cpl. Alexander Herrstromer
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 40th Infantry
Date of Loss: May 22, 1919 / Age: 27
Died of an accidental fracture, on May 22, 1919.
Name NOT 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
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
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
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
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.