State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Pvt.1st Class Fred Arthur May
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 27
Killed in action on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried in Grave 38, Row 19, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Lieutenant Colonel Frederick E. Smith
Rockford, IL
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 308th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 45
When communication from the forward regimental post of command to the battalion leading the advance had been interrupted temporarily, by the infiltration of small parties of the enemy armed with machine guns, Lieutenant-Colonel Smith personally led a p
1918
1st Lt. Thomas Lyle Russell
Minneapolis, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 47th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on Oct. 4, 1918, at Bois de Brieulles.
Buried, Cemetery No. 735, Bois de Brieulles.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Michael Holsbrekken
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 20th Battalion, US Guards
Date of Loss: October 18, 1918 / Age: 25
Died on Oct. 18, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1400 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Pvt. Ferdinand H. Erickson
Bucyrus, 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
William Albert Milkey
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 140th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action in Meuse-Argonne, on Sept. 26, 1918.
Buried in Grave 24, Row 25, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
William W. Whalen
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
Seaman 2c George Arlington Hill
Ardoch, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Naval Training Station, Seattle, Wash.
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of pneumonia at Seattle, Wash., on Oct. 13, 1918.
Buried at Ardoch, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Sgt.1st Class Dovie Webster Carter
Springfield, IL
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 638th Aero Squadron
Date of Loss: December 06, 1918 / Age: 25
Died at Lay St. Reny, France, on Dec. 6, 1918, as a result of accidental injuries.
Buried, Grave 2, Row 15, Block C, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.
1918
Pvt. Knute Jorgenson
Grand Forks, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 128th Infantry
Date of Loss: November 10, 1918 / Age: 26
Killed in action on Nov. 10, 1918.
Buried in France. Reburied in East Walle Cemetery, Grand Forks county, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Lloyd H. Still
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 2nd Engineers
Date of Loss: June 10, 1918 / Age: 29
Killed in action on June 10, 1918.
Buried, Grave 77, Row 6, Block A, Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
George F. Haider
St. Anthony, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company No. 1
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:77th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of the Spanish Flu of October 6, 1918.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1177 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Loe James Billings
Lisbon, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 303rd Field Signal Battalion
Date of Loss: October 22, 1918 / Age: 29
Killed in action on Oct. 22, 1918.
Buried in France. Reburied at Lisbon, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Elmer Hiatt
Flagler, IA
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 139th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 27
Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 19, 1921, and buried in Grave 3307, European Section, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
1918
Pvt. Thorvald Brenden
Kerkhoven, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: May 10, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on May 10, 1918.
Buried, Kerkhoven, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Jacob Rau
World War I (WWI)
Date of Loss: November 11, 1918 / Age:
Name 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.