State Heroes

Gilman Morstad

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 47th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 03, 1918 / Age: 29

Died on Oct. 3, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried, Grave 2, Row 19, Block A, Suresnes American Cemetery, Suresnes, Seine, France.

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

Peter Peterson

World War I (WWI)

Date of Loss: November 11, 1918 / Age:

Name 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.

Pvt.1st Class Alfred A. Olson

Hatton, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 39th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 24

Killed in action, on Sept. 29, 1918.

Buried in Grave 34, Row 33, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Pvt. William Charles Blair

Marietta, MN

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 363rd Infantry Regiment, 91st Division

Date of Loss: September 27, 1918 / Age: 28

Killed in action on Sept. 27, 1918.

Buried in Grave 11, Row 25, Block H, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Howard Andy Hazlett

Hope, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 78th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 28

Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 4, 1918.

Buried at Hope, N. Dak.

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

Pvt. Lawrence E. Higbee

Glen Ullin, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: September 12, 1918 / Age: 23

Killed in action on Sept. 12, 1918.

Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 1, 1921, and buried in Grave 3278, Arlington National Cemetery, Va.

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

John K. Flemmer

Glen Ullin, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 4th Company, 1st Development Battalion, 166th Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: November 03, 1918 / Age: 22

Died of pneumonia, at Camp Lewis, Wash., on Nov. 3, 1918.

Buried, Glen Ullin, N. Dak.

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

Claude Arvel Marsh

Hope, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: July 20, 1918 / Age: 22

Killed in action, July 20, 1918.

Buried in Grave 21, Row 37, Block B, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.

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

PFC Clarence Albin Thorson

Blabon, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery D, 14th Field Artillery

Date of Loss: April 21, 1918 / Age: 30

Died at Fargo, N. Dak., on April 21, 1918.

Buried at Blabon, N. Dak.

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

Walter B. Brown

Brainerd, MN

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 22

Killed in action on Oct. 10, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 10, 1921, and buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Brainerd, Minn.

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

Pvt. Ingvald Gjertson

Wolford, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 137th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 25

Died on Oct. 13, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried in American Cemetery, Bozoilles, Vosges, France. Remains returned to Norway, and consigned to Mrs. Arma Rosindrson Gjertson, Raranger, Norway. (place of burial not given).

Olaf Edward Myhre

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 30

Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918.

Buried in Grave 8, Row 21, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Joseph Alexander Preshard

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 36th Company, 9th Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 28

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 11, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 3, page 2605 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Kart H Erickson

World War I (WWI)

Date of Loss: November 11, 1918 / Age:

Name 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.

Cpt. Addison Bentley Falconer

Bismarck, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 75th Coast Artillery Corps

Date of Loss: October 29, 1918 / Age: 28

Died at Base Hospital No. 65, France, Oct. 29, 1918.

Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on July 15, 1920, and buried in Fairview Cemetery, Bismarck, N. Dak., July 19, 1920.

Pvt. Harry E. Lean Elk

Porcupine, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company No. 2, 138th Infantry

Date of Loss: June 17, 1918 / Age: 23

Died of broncho pneumonia in England on June 17, 1918.

Buried in England. Reburied in the Porcupine Cemetery, Sioux county, N. Dak., on Sept. 25, 1920.

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