State Heroes

Pvt. Bert Melvin Fossen

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 138th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division

Date of Loss: October 02, 1918 / Age: 26

Died in Field Hospital at Buzancy, Germany, on Oct. 2, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried, Grave 34, Row 39, Block G, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Gustav Beirle

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.

Arthur Julius Nelson

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 34th Company, 9th Training Battalion, 161st Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 25

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 2282 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Gustave John Pelvit

Breckenridge, MN

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 305th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 16, 1918 / Age: 24

Died on Oct. 16, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried in France; remains returned to U. S. on July 25, 1921, and buried in Riverside Cemetery, Breckenridge, Minn.

Louis John Volesky

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 19th Company, 2nd Group, Motor Truck Detachment, Camp Hancock, Ga.

Date of Loss: October 28, 1918 / Age: 23

Died of influenza on Oct. 28, 1918.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Information found in Volume 4, page 3351 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Pvt. Paul Pecher

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 164th Infantry

Date of Loss: July 18, 1918 / Age: 19

Killed in action on July 18, 1918.

Buried, Tournan Cemetery, Tournan, Seine-et-Marne, France.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Pvt. Earl Cowan

Binford, 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.

Pvt.1st Class Clayton D. Pannebaker

Gem, ID

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 164th Infantry

Date of Loss: July 18, 1918 / Age: 19

Killed in action, at Soissons, France, on July 18, 1918.

Buried in France. Reburied in Grave 3510, European Section, Arlington National Cemetery, Va.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Pvt. Fred Kelle

Napoleon, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 128th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Division

Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age: 24

Killed in action on Oct. 17, 1918.

Buried in Grave No. 27, Row 37, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Harry Andrew Palmer

Grace City, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 78th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 28

Died of pneumonia on Sept. 29, 1918, at Camp Custer, Mich.

Buried, Grace City, N. Dak.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Harry E Palmer.

Pvt. Ward Elon Bullis

Lidgerwood, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Service of Supply Hospital

Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 20

Died of wounds on Oct. 13, 1918.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Information found in Volume 1, page 446 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

John A. Trovick

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 4th Company, Ordnance Replacement Battalion, 2nd Regiment, Ordnance Training Camp

Date of Loss: October 20, 1918 / Age: 28

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 20, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on July 14, 1920, and buried in Grave 297, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Pvt. Chester E. Hutsinpiller

Williston, 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.

Arthur Herman Burt Tiedemann

Dexter, MN

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 164th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 04, 1918 / Age: 27

Died Sept. 4, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried in Grave 3, Row 8, Block A, Suresnes American Cemetery, Suresnes, Seine, France.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Pvt.1st Class Clair Edward Mead

Valley City, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 118th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 23, 1918 / Age: 26

Died, Oct. 23, 1918, at Surrey, England, of wounds received in action.

Remains returned to U. S. on June 2, 1920, and buried at Valley City, N. Dak.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Leonard Levine Johnson

Kane, PA

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 139th Infantry

Date of Loss: November 03, 1918 / Age: 23

Died on Nov. 3, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Remains returned to U. S. on June 1, 1921, and buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Kane, Pa.

Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.