State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Joseph G. Kachel
Fried, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 22nd Company, 6th Battalion, 160th Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 28
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 11, 1918.
Buried at Fried, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Martin A. Tofte
Springbrook, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 53rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 03, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 3, 1918, at Camp Hancock, Ga.
Buried, Springbrook, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
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
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
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
Otto Emanuel Moberg
Milnor, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 4th Ammunition Train
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 30
Died on Oct. 7, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 4, 1921, and buried in Grave 3101, European Section, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
1918
Frederick Jonas Renn
Osakis, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: June 29, 1918 / Age: 28
Killed in action on June 29, 1918.
Buried in France. Reburied at Osakis, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
George W. Mew
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G
Date of Loss: September 27, 1918 / Age: 31
Killed in action on Sept. 27, 1918.
Buried in Grave 12, Row 12, 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
Martin Lewis Urdahl
Dahlen, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 312th Supply Train
Date of Loss: January 16, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia at Camp Pike, Ark., on Jan. 16, 1918.
Buried, Dahlen, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Cpl. Irvin Earl Silvy
Solomon, IL
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 19, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action near Soissons, France, on July 19, 1918.
Buried in France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Fred John Sprecher
Golden Valley, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery E, 338th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: March 03, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of peritonitis, at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on March 3, 1918.
Buried, Golden Valley, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as John F Sprecher.
1918
Melvin LeRoy Pippinger
Knapp, WI
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 138th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 30
Died Sept. 28, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried at Chateau Salvange, Rarecourt, France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 12, 1921, and buried in Teegard Cemetery, Knapp, Wis.
1918
Howard E. Clark
Date of Loss: November 08, 1918 / Age:
Killed in Action.
Memorial at Pleasant Hill Cemetery-Eden Prairie MN
Not listed on ND All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol -Bismarck