State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Cpl. Edwin P. J. Hagen
Seattle, WA
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 327th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Oct. 12, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. Oct. 19, 1921, and buried in Evergreen Memorial Park, Seattle, Wash.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
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
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
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. 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
Carl Melvin Askin
LaMoure, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 348th Infantry
Date of Loss: January 16, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of broncho pneumonia, at Camp Pike, Ark., on Jan. 16, 1918.
Buried at LaMoure, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Floyd W. Griffin
Delaco [sic], 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
Ole Langehaug
Bottineau, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 128th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action, on Oct. 12, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 16, 1921, and buried in Nordlands Cemetery, Bottineau, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Cass county.
1918
Pvt. Ingvald Pederson
Woonan Divide [sic] (possibly Noonan, Divide County), ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 313th Supply Trains, 88th Division
Date of Loss: October 24, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pericarditis on Oct. 24, 1918.
Buried, Grave 15, Row 8, Block F, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Pvt. John Jacob Hoffman
Ashley, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 352nd Infantry Regiment, 88th Division
Date of Loss: October 14, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia, at Hericourt, France, on Oct. 14, 1918.
Buried, Grave 28, Row 14, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Mechanic John A. Granlund
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 22, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on July 22, 1918.
Buried, Grave 1, Row 36, Block D, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
PFC Melvin T. Johnson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: June 01, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on May 1, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1572 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Joseph R. Erickson
Cooperstown, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 39th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.
Buried in Grave 24, Row 43, 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
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:
1918
Pvt.1st Class Thomas H. Christofferson
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 326th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Division
Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: