State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
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
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
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.
1918
Pvt. James Edward Fisher
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 5th USMC Regiment, 2nd Division
Date of Loss: June 06, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on June 6, 1918.
Buried at: Plot A, Row 9, Grave 85, Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, France
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
PFC Forrest V McAdams
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 160th Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 30
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 8, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 1979 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Pvt. Andrew N. Coleman
Mayville, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 18th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 20, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on July 20, 1918, near Soissons, France.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on July 19, 1921, and buried in Mayville Cemetery, Mayville, N. Dak.
1918
Pvt. Charles Veit Hoof
Napoleon, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 138th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division
Date of Loss: September 25, 1918 / Age: 27
Died on Sept. 25, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 8, Row 12, Block F, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
PFC Louis T. Grovum
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 34
Died on Oct. 7, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 13, Row 11, Block N, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meaurthe-et-Moselle, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Bernard S. Bredell
Hunter, ND
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division
Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: