State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
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
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
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
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
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.
1918
Sgt. Edwin Oscar Estby
Falsen, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 78th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 29
Died of pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 1, 1918.
Buried at Falsen, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Fred James Roach
Lisbon, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 339th Machine Gun Battalion
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 31
Died of pneumonia at Grange La Ville, France, on Oct. 6, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. May 31, 1921, and buried at Lisbon, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Charlie Redman Schoonover
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 14th Company, Motor Truck Division, Machine Gun Training Center
Date of Loss: October 03, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of influenza on Oct. 3, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 2872 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Neil Merriam Moen
World War I (WWI)
Date of Loss: November 11, 1918 / Age:
Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information NOT found in the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Henry Ludvig Larson
Hannaford, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 36th Company, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia at Camp Grant, Ill., on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried at Hannaford, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Maurice D. Rowe
Hamilton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 137th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 29
Killed in action on Oct. 1, 1918.
Buried, Grave 27, Row 19, Block B, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.