State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Pvt. John Andrew Carlson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 359th Infantry Regiment, 90th Division
Date of Loss: September 13, 1918 / Age: 28
Killed in action on Sept. 13, 1918.
Buried Grave 14, Row 24, Block D, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Garrett Hobart Jones
Bantry, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 335th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 22
Died at Vauclaire, France, of broncho pneumonia, on Oct. 12, 1918.
Buried at Vauclaire, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
LDSQMA Edward Faunce Chase
Jamestown, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Dunwoody Naval Training School
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia at Minneapolis, Minn., on Oct. 7, 1918.
Buried at Jamestown, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Guy Vivian Benoit
Verona, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 139th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 15, 1921, and buried at LaMoure, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Private First Class Evald L. Helstad
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:4th Division
Date of Loss: July 19, 1918 / Age: 26
Killed in action at Chateau-Thierry on July 19, 1918.
Buried in Grave 49, Row 2, Block A, Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Pvt.1st Class Orin Vern McNeil
Brittin, SD
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery D, 119th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on Sept. 29, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 8, 1921, and buried at Brittin, S. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Orvin V McNeil.
James Henry Priest
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 5th Limited Service Training Regiment
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 30
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 7, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2609 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Fritchjof Hagboe
Barton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 22nd Company, Machine Gun Training Center
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 6, 1918.
Buried at Barton Zion Lutheran Cemetery
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Sgt. George Clarence Stine
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 79th Company, Quantico, Va.
Date of Loss: June 04, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of wounds on June 4, 1918.
Burial, Grave No. 5, American Cemetery, at Juilly, Seine et Marne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Pvt. Albert Gessweine
Bowden, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 137th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 28, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of heart disease on Oct. 28, 1918.
Sgt. Leroy Clark Neathery
Devils Lake, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 21
Killed in action on Oct. 4, 1918.
Buried in France. Reburied at Devils Lake, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Pvt.1st Class Clarence Warren McCormack
Annandale, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 20, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on July 20, 1918, at Soissons.
Buried in France; grave unlocated.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Walter Anson Bloom
Bridgewater, IA
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 348th Infantry
Date of Loss: January 27, 1918 / Age: 22
Died at Camp Pike, Ark., on Jan. 27, 1918.
Buried, Bridgewater, Iowa.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Cpl. Anton H. Ecker
New Ulm, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 32
Died on Oct. 6, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 28, Row 30, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Pvt. Arthur Korsmo
Fargo, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 137th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 23, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of cerebro spinal meningitis, at Turleville, France, on Oct. 23, 1918.
Buried at Turleville, France; remains returned to U. S. on July 19, 1921, and buried in Riverside Cemetery, Fargo, N. Dak.
Ludwig Tande
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.