State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
August Bertsch
Wessington, SD
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 31st Company, 8th Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 12, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 1, page 270 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Maldor Hansen
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 4th Company, 1st Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 25
Died on pneumonia on Oct. 15, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1218 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Henry Fresonke
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 18, 1918 / Age: 32
Killed in action on July 18, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. May 16, 1921. Buried Grave 1585, European Section, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Theodore Bernhard Oium
Towner, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 14th Ammunition Train
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 30
Died of pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 11, 1918.
Buried at Towner, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Jake Sommerville
Bowden, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Supply Company, 42nd Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 7, 1918, at Camp Custer, Mich.
Buried, Bowdon, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Jake Somervill.
1918
Gottlier Heinzman
Richardton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 6th Company, 2nd Battalion, 160th Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 22, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of pnuemonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 22, 1918.
Buried at Richardton, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Charles Eagan
Minot, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 29
Killed in action on Oct. 4, 1918.
Buried in France. Reburied at Minot, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Charles Egan.
1918
Samuel Dana Henderson
Halstad, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters, 15th Battalion
Date of Loss: October 19, 1918 / Age: 29
Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 19, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1319 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Olaf Edward Lund
Esmond, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 5th Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: April 20, 1918 / Age: 28
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on April 20, 1918.
Buried at Esmond, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
George Texel
Ross, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 210th Engineers
Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 17, 1918, at Camp Funston, Kans.
Buried, Ross, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Dan Rozell Richardson
Linton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery F, 338th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: February 06, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on Feb. 6, 1918.
Buried at Linton, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
John Stark
Coleharbor, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 73rd Spruce Squadron, Spruce Production Division
Date of Loss: October 25, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 25, 1918, at Clatsup, Ore.
Burial, Coleharbor, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Richard G. Redemske
Chicago, IL
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 19, 1918 / Age: 28
Killed in action on July 19, 1918.
Buried, Grave 6, Row 3, Block D, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Sgt. Ralph C. Rose
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 126th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Oct. 4, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 2757 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Henry Johnson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Oct. 4, 1918.
Buried in Grave 17, Row 8, Block D, 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 Charles T. Sampson
Scandia, PA
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 7th Engineers
Date of Loss: August 17, 1918 / Age: 36
Killed in action on Aug. 17, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on June 10, 1921, and buried in Scandia Cemetery, Scandia, Pa.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.