State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
John Louis Scheidt
Red Oak, IA
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 60th Balloon Company
Date of Loss: October 14, 1918 / Age: 31
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 14, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 2845 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Raymond B. Thorn
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 19
Killed in action on Oct. 5, 1918.
Buried, Grave 31, Row 38, 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
PFC Joseph Francis Melary
Hettinger, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 305th Infantry
Date of Loss: November 08, 1918 / Age: 27
Killed in action on Nov. 8, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on April 5, 1921, and buried at Hettinger, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class William John Gravell
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 47th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division
Date of Loss: August 08, 1918 / Age: 28
Died on Aug. 8, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 13, Row 16, Block A, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Gottlieb Reily
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K
Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 24
Died on Sept. 29, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 22, Row 37, Block G, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Pvt. Benjamin Franklin Clark
Brainerd, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 23rd Infantry
Date of Loss: October 03, 1918 / Age: 30
Killed in action on Oct. 3, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S., Sept. 19, 1921, and buried at Brainerd, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Freeman L. Gravley
Sargent, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 40th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 03, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of broncho pneumonia on Oct. 3, 1918, at Camp Custer, Mich.
Buried at Sargent, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Private Sophus Goodman Arman
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps UND Grand Forks ND
Date of Loss: October 27, 1918 / Age: 20
Died while serving as a member of the Student Army Training Corps on the UND campus in Grand Forks during the 1918 flu pandemic. Name included on the UND S.A.T.C. website
Buried at Grafton City Cemetery.
1918
George Washington Kimbell
Buffalo, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 163rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of broncho pneumonia, at Camp Dodge Iowa, on Oct. 8, 1918.
Buried at Buffalo, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Elgin Evens
Voss, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 128th Infantry
Date of Loss: November 10, 1918 / Age: 30
Killed in action on Nov. 10, 1918.
Buried in Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 12, 1921, and buried in Lutheran Cemetery, Grafton, N. Dak.
1918
Arthur Walter Peterson
Lucy Township, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 78th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 18, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 18, 1918, at Camp Custer, Mich.
Buried, Lucy Township, Burke county, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Aron D. Svahn
Lawton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery E, 42nd Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 25
Died at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 11, 1918, of pneumonia.
Buried, Lawton, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Lemuel F. Shortridge
Kenmare, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: June 06, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of broncho pneumonia, at Beavais, France, on June 6, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. March 28, 1921, and buried at Kenmare, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Gordon Marshal Lindgren
Cooperstown
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 20, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on July 20, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on May 13, 1921, and buried at Cooperstown, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Joseph Charwatt
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 325th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Division
Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 28
Died on Oct. 15, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave- 4, Row 24, Block B, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Wagoner Ray Earl Vessey
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 339th Machine Gun Battalion
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried, Grave 29, Row 23, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.