State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Victor Edward Bloomgren
Chicago, IL
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Medical Department, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: December 19, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of typhoid fever at Bazoilles sur Meuse, Vosges, France, on Dec. 19, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on May 24, 1921, and buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, (Blue Island), Chicago, Ill.
1918
William Henry Gerow
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 26, 1918 / Age: 27
Died on July 26, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Haileybury, Ontario.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Cpl. William R. Floyd
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 356th Infantry
Date of Loss: November 17, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia, on Nov. 17, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Feb. 18, 1921, and consigned to G. W. Floyd, West Plains, Mo. (place of burial not given).
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Alvin O. Kvenshagen
Northwood, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 23rd Infantry
Date of Loss: October 02, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action, at Mont Blanc Ridge, Champagne Sector, on Oct. 2, 1918.
1918
Arthur Lyson
Hankinson, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 139th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918.
Buried in Grave 17, Row 41, 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
Earl Alfred Smith
Greenville, IL
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 6th Engineers Trains
Date of Loss: October 30, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 30, 1918.
Buried, Grave 22, Row 18, Block A, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Marion Ellis Tedrow
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 53rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 6, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 3194 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Peter Semevolos
Butte, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 138th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 06, 1918 / Age: 26
Killed in action on July 6, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on May 31, 1921, and buried at Butte, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Pete Semevolos.
1918
Philipp Muller
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 78th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 6, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2244 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Cpl. Howard B. Bean
Oakes, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 16th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 22, 1918 / Age: 29
Died on July 22, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 29, 1921, and consigned to Livingston Bean, Oakes, N. Dak. (Place of burial unknown).
1918
Lyle Eugene Giffen
Glencoe, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Training Detachment, Army Air Service Mechanics School
Date of Loss: December 06, 1918 / Age: 19
Died of pneumonia, at St. Paul, Minn., on Dec. 6, 1918.
Buried at Glencoe, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Harry Wilber Waddle
Curtis, OK
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 23rd Infantry
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on Oct. 6, 1918.
Buried, Grave 28, Row 30, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Carl Wesley Livesay
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
Pvt. Arthur Jay Stevens
Plymouth, IA
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 116th Aero Squadron
Date of Loss: April 16, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of scarlet fever on April 16, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on May 31, 1921, and buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Plymouth, Iowa.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Carl Alfred Oefstedahl
Spring Grove, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 138th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 11, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on July 11, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 1, 1921, and buried at Spring Grove, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Sigurd Lima
Cooperstown
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 308th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 03, 1918 / Age: 26
Killed in action on Oct. 3, 1918.
Buried, Grave 11, Row 4, Block G, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.