State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Cpl. Elmer F. Rushfeldt
De Groat, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 137th Machine Gun Battalion
Date of Loss: October 14, 1918 / Age: 28
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 14, 1918.
Buried at sea.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Joseph P. Passett
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.
1918
Lt. Edgar A. Fisher
Valley City, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 38th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 01, 1918 / Age: 28
Drowned in Marne River on July 1, 1918, while in command of a detail to capture prisoners across the river.
1918
Cpl. Joseph Wilbur Hemrick
Volga, SD
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery A, 40th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 16, 1918 / Age: 27
Died of pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 16, 1918.
Buried at Volga, S. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Joseph A. Tandberg
Northwood`, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Students Army Training Corps
Date of Loss: November 25, 1918 / Age: 18
Died of pneumonia, at Northfield, Minn., on Nov. 25, 1918.
Buried, Northwood, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Nick Angel Martinson
Lidgerwood, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery B, 14th Battalion, 5th Regiment Field Artillery Replacement Depot
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 20
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., on Oct. 6, 1918.
Buried at Lidgerwood, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Nicalai A Martinson.
1918
Sigurbjorn Davidson
Gardar, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 34th Company, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 21
Died at Camp Grant, Ill., on Oct. 8, 1918.
Buried at Gardar, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Pembina county.
1918
Albert Wermedahl
Hatton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 5th Limited Service Regiment, Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 27
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 5, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 3429 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Almon Burton Coffin
Velva, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 27
Died of wounds received in action, Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried in Grave 144, Plot 3, Section E, American Cemetery, Vaubecourt-Meuse, France. Reburied in Arlington Cemetery, Va.
1918
Wagoner Frank M. Kain
Oberon, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 127th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Division
Date of Loss: October 23, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 23, 1918.
Buried, Grave 14, Row 28, 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
Pvt.1st Class Philip M. Paulson
Kenyon, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 23, 1918 / Age: 20
Died on July 23, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 29, 1921, and buried at Kenyon, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Clyde Verdi Claflin
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Dunwoody Naval Training Institute
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 20
Died at Minneapolis, Minn., on Oct. 7, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 1, page 562 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
George Chell
Centre City, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery E, 338th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: February 19, 1918 / Age: 29
Died of pneumonia on Feb. 19, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 1, page 537 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Pvt. Ivar E. Holsten
Haley, 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.
1918
Oscar Sime
Crary, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 327th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 20, 1918 / Age: 24
Died on Oct. 20, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Remains returned to U. S. May 31, 1921, and buried at Crary, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Cpl. Einer Brateng
Devils Lake, ND
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 39th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: