State Heroes Total:
3938
Service Branch

World War I

Andor Christian Nelson photo 1919

Andor Christian Nelson

Fort Ransom, ND

World War I

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.

Tom A. Shirek photo 1919

Tom A. Shirek

Lankin, ND

World War I

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.

Gordon Severin Barr photo 1919

F3 Gordon Severin Barr

Valley City, ND

World War I

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.

James Johnson photo 1919

Cpt. James Johnson

World War I

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.

Allen W. Stanton photo 1919

Allen W. Stanton

Lakeview, MI

World War I

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.

Charles E. Johnston photo 1919

Sgt.1st Class Charles E. Johnston

World War I

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.

Thomas George Laughlin photo 1919

Cpl. Thomas George Laughlin

Grand Forks, ND

World War I

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).

Jacob Ben Fisher photo 1919

Jacob Ben Fisher

World War I

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.

Lewis D. Weeks photo 1919

Pvt.1st Class Lewis D. Weeks

World War I

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).

Nora Emile Anderson photo 1919

Nurse Nora Emile Anderson

World War I

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.

Gordon Harold Powers photo 1919

Pvt.1st Class Gordon Harold Powers

World War I

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.

Fred Otis Cooper photo 1919

Private Fred Otis Cooper

Lidgerwood, ND

World War I

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.

Carl Bostrom Jr. photo 1919

Pvt.1st Class Carl Bostrom Jr.

McHenry, ND

World War I

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.

Edwin Herman Witcik photo 1919

Pvt. Edwin Herman Witcik

Fargo, ND

World War I

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.

Gilbert Collins Grafton photo 1919

Lt. Col. Gilbert Collins Grafton

South Fargo, ND

World War I

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.