State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Harry LeRoy Hanna
Ogdensburg, WI
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 1st Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: April 12, 1918 / Age: 28
Died of pneumonia at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on April 12, 1918.
Buried at Ogdensburg, Wis.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
PFC Joseph Francis Melary
Hettinger, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 305th Infantry
Date of Loss: November 08, 1918 / Age: 27
Killed in action on Nov. 8, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on April 5, 1921, and buried at Hettinger, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class William John Gravell
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 47th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division
Date of Loss: August 08, 1918 / Age: 28
Died on Aug. 8, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 13, Row 16, Block A, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Paul N. Lawrence
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: August 01, 1918 / Age: 20
Died on Aug. 1, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 26, 1921, and buried in Wayland village cemetery, Wayland, N. Y.
1918
Paul Nelson
Audubon, IA
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company No. 10, September Automatic Replacement Draft
Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia, at sea, on Oct. 5, 1918.
Buried at sea.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Sigvard Bernhard Aasen
Clifford, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 15th Service Company, Signal Corps
Date of Loss: September 18, 1918 / Age: 25
Died at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., on Sept. 18, 1918.
Buried at Clifford, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
William John Hartman
York, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 36th Training Company, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 21
Died at Camp Grant, Ill., on Oct. 8, 1918, of influenza.
Buried, Hill Cemetery, York, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Cpl. Royal Osmer Gray
Lakota, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 47th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 30, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on Sept. 30, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 19, 1921, and buried at Lakota, N. Dak.
1918
Arthur Olson Nasset
Van Hook, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 75th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 20, 1918 / Age: 28
Died of pneumonia, Sept. 20, 1918, at Camp Lewis, Wash.
Buried, Van Hook, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
James Ray Spitzer
Cando, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 358th Infantry
Date of Loss: November 10, 1918 / Age: 21
Killed in action on Nov. 10, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on April 5, 1921, and buried at Cando, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Cpl. Oscar D. Keene
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 47th Infantry
Date of Loss: August 04, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on Aug. 4, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1638 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Pvt. Eugene Victor Evans
Mott, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 313th Ammunition Trains, 88th Division
Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia, at Herricourt, France, on Oct. 17, 1918.
Buried, Grave 6, Row 5, Block F, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Raymond B. Thorn
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 19
Killed in action on Oct. 5, 1918.
Buried, Grave 31, Row 38, 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
AS John Adolph Singer
Mercer, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill.
Date of Loss: September 22, 1918 / Age: 20
Died at Great Lakes, Ill., on Sept. 22, 1918.
Buried at Mercer, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Frederick Olson
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
Adolph R. Pechlat
Wahpeton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery B 41st Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of Broncho pneumonia at Camp Custer Michigan on October 11, 1918. Buried at St. Joseph's Cemetery, Brushvale, Minnesota.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.