State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Gunnar Haugan
Galesburg, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery C, 36th Artillery, Coast Artillery Corps
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 21
Died of pneumonia, at Fort Barrancas, Fla., on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried at Galesburg, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Lt. Edgar A. Fisher
Valley City, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 38th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 01, 1918 / Age: 28
Drowned in Marne River on July 1, 1918, while in command of a detail to capture prisoners across the river.
1918
Bert L. Fornshell
Carrington, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 10th Infantry
Date of Loss: November 09, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Nov. 9, 1918.
Buried, Carrington, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Stutsman and Wells.
1918
Roy Warfield
Star City, IN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 138th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 30
Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.
Buried, Grave 5, Row 17, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Ray Warfield.
1918
John Tozzi
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 358th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 12, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on Sept. 12, 1918.
Buried, Grave 26, Row 24, Block C, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Nick Angel Martinson
Lidgerwood, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery B, 14th Battalion, 5th Regiment Field Artillery Replacement Depot
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 20
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., on Oct. 6, 1918.
Buried at Lidgerwood, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Nicalai A Martinson.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Almon Burton Coffin
Velva, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 27
Died of wounds received in action, Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried in Grave 144, Plot 3, Section E, American Cemetery, Vaubecourt-Meuse, France. Reburied in Arlington Cemetery, Va.
1918
Wagoner Frank M. Kain
Oberon, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 127th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Division
Date of Loss: October 23, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 23, 1918.
Buried, Grave 14, Row 28, Block F, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Harry Julian Madsen
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 19, 1918 / Age: 28
Died on July 19, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 43, Row 9, Block B, Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Frank Joseph Proisl
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: March 18, 1918 / Age: 22
Died on March 18, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 1, Row 14, Block C, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.
1918
Pvt. Ivar E. Holsten
Haley, ND
World War I (WWI)
Date of Loss: November 11, 1918 / Age:
Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information NOT found in the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Charles Hugh Boyle
Marinette, WI
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 5th Personnel Office, 163rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 31
Died of pneumonia at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on Oct. 12, 1918.
Buried at Marinette, Wis.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Joseph Gion
Regent, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 40th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age:
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 15, 1918.
Buried at Regent, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Carl Melvin Askin
LaMoure, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 348th Infantry
Date of Loss: January 16, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of broncho pneumonia, at Camp Pike, Ark., on Jan. 16, 1918.
Buried at LaMoure, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Floyd W. Griffin
Delaco [sic], ND
World War I (WWI)
Date of Loss: November 11, 1918 / Age:
Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information NOT found in the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Cpl. Einer Brateng
Devils Lake, ND
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 39th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: