State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Pvt. Arthur Jay Stevens
Plymouth, IA
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 116th Aero Squadron
Date of Loss: April 16, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of scarlet fever on April 16, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on May 31, 1921, and buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Plymouth, Iowa.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Sgt. Michael James Murphy
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 97th Company, 6th Regiment
Date of Loss: July 19, 1918 / Age: 27
Killed in action, July 19, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2254 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Pvt. John Florhaug
Kensal, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 147th Machine Gun Battalion
Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action, at Meuse-Argonne, on Oct. 4, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 10, 1921, and buried at Kensal, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Carl Alfred Oefstedahl
Spring Grove, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 138th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 11, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on July 11, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 1, 1921, and buried at Spring Grove, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Sigurd Lima
Cooperstown
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 308th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 03, 1918 / Age: 26
Killed in action on Oct. 3, 1918.
Buried, Grave 11, Row 4, Block G, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Sigruder A. Scheving
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.
1918
2nd Lieutenant James Lester Cole
Kenmare, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M
Date of Loss: December 12, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia, at Base Hospital, Fort Riley, Kans., on Dec. 12, 1918.
Buried at Kenmare, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Private Leo Matt Muchvitsch
Wahpeton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 139th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 27
Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S., Oct. 10, 1921, and buried at Wahpeton, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Private John Elstar Conway
Larimore, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L
Date of Loss: July 21, 1918 / Age: 18
Killed in action on July 21, 1918.
Buried, Grave 26, Row 44, Block H, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Maurice Verschelde
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Ambulance Company No. 350, 313th Sanitary Train
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 27
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried, Grave 25, Row 25, Block G, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Albertus Kamps
Hull [sic], ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 358th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 12, 1918 / Age: 31
Killed in action on Sept. 12, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. Aug. 5, 1921, and buried in Grave 2827, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
1918
Clarence Grina
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 11th Depot Battalion, Signal Corps
Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 12, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1121 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Roy B. Dye
Stanley, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 52nd Infantry
Date of Loss: March 05, 1918 / Age: 20
Died at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., on March 5, 1918.
Buried, Stanley, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Thomas K. Yankoske
Berlin, WI
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 137th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 27, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on Sept. 27, 1918.
Buried, Grave 4, Row 3, Block A, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Matthew Brew
Dickinson, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: March 01, 1918 / Age: 20
Died on March 1, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried in France. Reburied at Dickinson, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Peter J. Lorenz
Fried, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on Oct. 6, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 29, 1921, and buried in Catholic cemetery, Fried, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.