State Heroes Total:
3942
Service Branch

World War I (WWI)

Einar E. Orbom photo 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.

David K. O'Brien photo 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.

Michael Jay McElvain photo 1919

Michael Jay McElvain

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 67th Company, Transportation Corps

Date of Loss: March 16, 1919 / Age: 28

Died of typhoid fever on March 16, 1919.

Buried, Grave 3, Row 31, Block F, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Alexander Herrstromer photo 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.

Fred Otis Cooper photo 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.

Edwin Herman Witcik photo 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.

Elmer Hartlet Thompson photo 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.

Charles E. Johnston photo 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.

Melvin Johnson photo 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.

Gerald Aaron Haskin photo 1919

Sgt. Gerald Aaron Haskin

Oberon, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Quartermaster Corps

Date of Loss: January 09, 1919 / Age: 18

Died of pneumonia, at New York, N. Y., on Jan. 9, 1919.

Buried at Oberon, N. Dak.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Elmer Justin Irgens photo 1919

Elmer Justin Irgens

Tolley, ND

World War I (WWI)

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 (WWI)

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 (WWI)

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.

Carl Bostrom Jr. photo 1919

Pvt.1st Class Carl Bostrom Jr.

McHenry, ND

World War I (WWI)

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.

Gilbert Collins Grafton photo 1919

Lt. Col. Gilbert Collins Grafton

South Fargo, ND

World War I (WWI)

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.