State Heroes Total:
3937
Service Branch

World War I

William James Blair photo 1919

Pvt.1st Class William James Blair

Langdon, ND

World War I

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.

Olaf Sigurd Haiberg photo 1919

Apprentice Seaman Olaf Sigurd Haiberg

Crosby, ND

World War I

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.

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).

Elmer Justin Irgens photo 1919

Elmer Justin Irgens

Tolley, ND

World War I

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.

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.

Johan Alfred Barstad photo 1919

Johan Alfred Barstad

Nome, ND

World War I

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.

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.

Floyd Fredric Young photo 1919

Seaman 2c Floyd Fredric Young

Neche, ND

World War I

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.

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).

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.

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.