State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
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
Pvt. John Delbert Boehnke
Kramer, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 137th Infantry
Date of Loss: January 19, 1919 / Age: 23
Died of pleurisy on Jan. 19, 1919, at Hospital No. 29, Martinguey-les-Baines, France, and buried at same place.
Remains returned to U. S. June 23, 1921, and buried in Grave 2919, European Section, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
1919
Cpl. Carl Waldemar Ellingson
Reynolds, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Field Hospital No. 128, 107th Sanitary Train
Date of Loss: January 25, 1919 / Age: 29
Died at Coblenz, Germany, on Jan. 25, 1919.
Buried at Coblenz, Germany. Remains returned to U. S. on July 29, 1920, and consigned to Swen Ellingson, Reynolds, N. Dak. (place of burial not given).
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
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 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.
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.
1918
LDSQMA Edward Faunce Chase
Jamestown, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Dunwoody Naval Training School
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia at Minneapolis, Minn., on Oct. 7, 1918.
Buried at Jamestown, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Guy Vivian Benoit
Verona, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 139th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 15, 1921, and buried at LaMoure, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Private First Class Evald L. Helstad
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:4th Division
Date of Loss: July 19, 1918 / Age: 26
Killed in action at Chateau-Thierry on July 19, 1918.
Buried in Grave 49, Row 2, Block A, Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Erick Severson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 22, 1918 / Age: 18
Killed in action on July 22, 1918, near Soissons, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Gilbert Wold
Towner, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery B, 338th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: February 06, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on Feb. 6, 1918.
Buried at Towner, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Orin Vern McNeil
Brittin, SD
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery D, 119th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on Sept. 29, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 8, 1921, and buried at Brittin, S. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Orvin V McNeil.