State Heroes

Nick Heinz

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 358th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 13, 1918 / Age: 22

Died on Sept. 13, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 1, 1921, and consigned to John F. Heinz, Holdingford, Minn. (place of burial unknown)

Pvt. Peter Kurske

Appleton, MN

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: May 12, 1918 / Age: 22

Killed in action on May 12, 1918.

Returned to U. S., Nov. 3, 1922. Buried, Grave 4573, World War Section, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.

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

Bernard Hagen

Park River, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 25

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 9, 1918.

Pvt. Andrew Jorgenson

Kansal [sic] (possibly Kensal), ND

World War I (WWI)

Date of Loss: November 11, 1918 / Age:

Died of disease.

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.

Carl Fristad

Harmon, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 5th Training Regiment, 161st Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 24

Died of pneumonia at Camp Grant, Ill., on Oct. 5, 1918.

Buried at Harmon, N. Dak.

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

Thomas Francis Devaney

Vail, IA

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 18th Company, 5th Regiment

Date of Loss: June 12, 1918 / Age: 23

Killed in action, June 12, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 1, page 714 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Emil Lyman Newman

Carthage, IL

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 20th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 28, 1918 / Age: 17

Died in Base Hospital, Fort Riley, Kans., on Oct. 28, 1918.

Buried, Carthage, Ill.

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

Cpl. Lyle S. Sitler

Randall, MN

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 109th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 24

Killed in action on Oct. 9, 1918.

Buried in Grave 167, Section 43, Plot 4, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 12, 1921, and buried at Randall, Minn.

Howard Grant McLean

Forest River, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 16th Infantry

Date of Loss: July 18, 1918 / Age: 21

Killed in action on July 18, 1918.

Buried in France. Grave unlocated.

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

Frank B. Peterman

Chicago, IL

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 137th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 26

Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918.

Buried, Grave 35, Row 19, Block G, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Albert Richard Nord

Carver, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 358th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 14, 1918 / Age: 30

Died on Sept. 14, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Remains returned to U. S. on June 20, 1921, and buried in West Union Cemetery, Carver, Minn.