State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Herman Schmidt
Enloe, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 5th Limited Service Regiment, 2nd Battalion, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 27
Died of pneunomia on Oct. 5, 1918 at Camp Grant, Ill.
Buried, Enloe, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Cpl. Nicholas Daniel
Grand Forks, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 21
Killed in action on Oct. 5, 1918.
Buried, Grave 27, Row 24, Block B, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Harry Lewis Kidd
Mandan, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 139th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 29
Killed in action, Sept. 26, 1918.
Buried in France. Grave Unlocated. Missing in Action or Buried at Sea. Tablets of the Missing at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France
1918
Private Alton William Gillmer
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps UND Grand Forks ND
Date of Loss: October 22, 1918 / Age: 22
Died while serving as a member of the Student Army Training Corps on the UND campus in Grand Forks during the 1918 flu pandemic. Name included on the UND S.A.T.C. website
1918
Private Christ Anderson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:82nd Division
Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 26
Killed in action on Oct. 15, 1918.
Buried, Grave 33, Row 8, Block B, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Sgt. Earl Vincent Jefferson
Hope, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 23, 1918 / Age: 21
Killed in action at Chateau-Thierry, on July 23, 1918.
Buried in France. Reburied at Hope, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Eddy county.
1918
Private First Class Mervin John Armstrong
Hannaford, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 18, 1918 / Age: 20
Died on July 18, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried in France. Reburied in Grave No. 1118, Arlington National Cemetery, Va.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. James O. Hanson
Kathryn, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 339th Machine Gun Battalion, 88th Division
Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia at Hericourt, France, on Oct. 8, 1918.
Buried, Grave 39, Row 24, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Frank Michael Brien
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 168th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 30, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on July 30, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. July 20, 1921, and buried Grave 3073, European Section, National Cemeterym Arlington, Va.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Private Gilmore L. Foss
Caledonia, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:58th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:4th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: August 07, 1918 / Age: 27
1918
PFC Harry Ebenholt Nypen
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 362nd Infantry
Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of wounds received in action, on Oct. 5, 1918.
Buried at Fleury-sur-Aire, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
PFC Walter J. Keefe
Fargo, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 30, 1918 / Age: 18
1918
Pvt. Louis Huss
Makoti, 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
Earl Ezra McLain
Valley City, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 53rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of influenza on Oct. 5, 1918, at Camp Hancock, Ga.
Buried, Valley City, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Private First Class George Anderson
Taylor, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:82nd Division
Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 27
Killed in action, on Oct. 8, 1918.
Buried in Grave 6, Row 14, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Charles Cunningham Hale
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 6th USMC Machine Gun Battalion, 2nd Division
Date of Loss: June 11, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action, June 11, 1918.
Buried, Grave 35, Row 13, Block A, Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.