State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Joseph J. Oien
Boyd, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 139th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 16, 1918 / Age: 22
Died on Oct. 16, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 37, Row 9, Block B, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Frank Nelson
Minneapolis, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 58th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 18, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on July 18, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 29, 1921, and buried at Crystal Lake cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Louis Carl Sayer
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: May 28, 1918 / Age: 26
Died, May 28, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 12, Row 12, Block C, Somme American Cemetery, Bony, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Tony Momonie
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 139th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on Sept. 29, 1918.
Buried, Grave 25, Row 41, 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
George W. Mew
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G
Date of Loss: September 27, 1918 / Age: 31
Killed in action on Sept. 27, 1918.
Buried in Grave 12, Row 12, 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. Daniel J. Mahoney
World War I (WWI)
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: June 06, 1918 / Age: 31
Kill in action on June 6, 1918.
Grave unlocated.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Private Fletcher D. Anderson
Fargo, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Medical Detachment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Third Division
Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 29
Killed in action on Oct. 5, 1918.
Buried Grave 16, Row 16, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Marinus Hald
Buchanan, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 139th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division
Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 31
Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918.
Buried, Grave 18, Row 12, Block F, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Edwin Sjerdahl
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery C, 339th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: November 09, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of influenza on Nov. 9, 1918.
Buried, Grave 5, Row 7, Block B, Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Stark county.
1918
Martin Lewis Urdahl
Dahlen, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 312th Supply Train
Date of Loss: January 16, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia at Camp Pike, Ark., on Jan. 16, 1918.
Buried, Dahlen, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Cpl. Irvin Earl Silvy
Solomon, IL
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 19, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action near Soissons, France, on July 19, 1918.
Buried in France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. James Edward Fisher
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 5th USMC Regiment, 2nd Division
Date of Loss: June 06, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on June 6, 1918.
Buried at: Plot A, Row 9, Grave 85, Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, France
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Archie Swann
Brooklyn, WI
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: May 23, 1918 / Age: 22
Died, May 23, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on April 23, 1921, and buried in Long Prairie township, Brooklyn, Wis.
1918
Fred John Sprecher
Golden Valley, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery E, 338th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: March 03, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of peritonitis, at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on March 3, 1918.
Buried, Golden Valley, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as John F Sprecher.
1918
Melvin LeRoy Pippinger
Knapp, WI
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 138th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 30
Died Sept. 28, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried at Chateau Salvange, Rarecourt, France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 12, 1921, and buried in Teegard Cemetery, Knapp, Wis.
1918
PFC Forrest V McAdams
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 160th Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 30
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 8, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 1979 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.