State Heroes Total:
3940
Service Branch

World War I (WWI)

Frank Lucas Schanilec photo 1919

Pvt. Frank Lucas Schanilec

Vesleyville, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery C, 40th Field Artillery

Date of Loss: August 09, 1919 / Age: 23

Died at Dunseith, N. Dak., on Aug. 9, 1919.

Buried at Vesleyville, N. Dak.

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

Ross Rankin Sherwood photo 1919

Pvt. Ross Rankin Sherwood

Almont, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 164th Infantry

Date of Loss: December 29, 1919 / Age: 24

Died of disease at Bereszoka, Siberia, on Dec. 29, 1919.

Burial, Almont, N. Dak.

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

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.

Homer Pearl Johnson photo 1919

Pvt. Homer Pearl Johnson

Carson, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 140th Infantry

Date of Loss: January 11, 1919 / Age: 26

Died of diphtheria, at Embarkation Hospital, Newport News, Va., on Jan. 11, 1919.

Buried at Carson, N. Dak.

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

Nickodemus Ereth photo 1919

Nickodemus Ereth

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 3rd Spruce Squadron, Spruce Production Division

Date of Loss: September 15, 1919 / Age: 28

Died of broncho pneumonia, on Sept. 15, 1919.

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

Information found in Volume 1, page 847 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

William Max Crabtree photo 1919

Pvt.1st Class William Max Crabtree

Jamestown, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Cadet Detachment

Date of Loss: March 25, 1919 / Age: 20

Died in airplane accident, at Fort Sill, Okla., on March 25, 1919.

Buried at Jamestown, N. Dak.

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

Harry Merton Hardy photo 1919

Pvt. Harry Merton Hardy

Bernstad [sic] (possibly Burnstad), ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 1st Field Signal Battalion

Date of Loss: February 22, 1919 / Age: 30

Died of pneumonia on Feb. 22, 1919, at Coblenz, Germany.

John Nelson photo 1919

John Nelson

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 358th Infantry

Date of Loss: February 12, 1919 / Age: 31

Died of tuberculosis on Feb. 12, 1919.

Buried, Grave 15, Row 39, Block A, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.

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

Vernon Livdahl photo 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.

Lewis Swingen photo 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Eldred Elmore Siltman photo 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.