State Heroes Total:
3942
Service Branch

World War I (WWI)

Gordon Severin Barr photo 1919

F3 Gordon Severin Barr

Valley City, ND

World War I (WWI)

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.

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.

Thomas George Laughlin photo 1919

Cpl. Thomas George Laughlin

Grand Forks, ND

World War I (WWI)

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 (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.

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.

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.

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.

James Johnson photo 1919

Cpt. James Johnson

World War I (WWI)

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 (WWI)

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.

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.

Frederick Garfield Baker photo 1919

Frederick Garfield Baker

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery E, 18th Field Artillery

Date of Loss: June 14, 1919 / Age: 32

Accidentally killed at Palch, Germany, June 14, 1919.

Buried at Marn, Germany. Remains returned to U. S. Oct. 4, 1920, and buried in Grave 656, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.

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.