State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Pvt.1st Class Howard Mayland Beck
Granville, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery B, 321st Field Artillery
Date of Loss: November 02, 1918 / Age: 26
Killed in action on Nov. 2, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 10, 1921, and Buried in Grave 3712, European Section, Arlington National Cemetery, Va.
1918
PFC George Lawrence Schroeder
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 39th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 30, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action, in Meuse-Argonne, on Sept. 30, 1918.
Buried in Grave 9, Row 43, Block B, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Cpl. Irwin Elmer Gainer
Neche, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 24
Died on Oct. 7, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried in France. Reburied at Hydepark, Pembina county, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Private Earl Laverne Kneeland
Winnebago, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D
Date of Loss: November 12, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia, on Nov. 12, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 1, 1921, and buried at Winnebago, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Private John Jacobson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps UND Grand Forks ND
Date of Loss: October 21, 1918 / Age: 21
Died while serving as a member of the Student Army Training Corps on the UND campus in Grand Forks during the 1918 flu pandemic. Name included on the UND S.A.T.C. website
1918
Corporal George Murdock Bissett
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:4th Division
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 29
Killed in action at Argonne, France, on Oct. 7, 1918.
Buried in Grave 16, Row 5, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Pvt. Carl M. Johnson
Milton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 58th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 28
Died in an accident. Killed in action on Oct. 6, 1918.
Buried, Grave 34, Row 46, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Sgt. Duncan Wesley Balfour
Milton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 31st Infantry
Date of Loss: October 21, 1918 / Age: 27
Died at Vladivostok, Siberia, on Oct. 21, 1918.
Buried at Milton, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Cpl. Ernest Harrison
Urbana, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 1st Gas Regiment
Date of Loss: December 25, 1918 / Age: 27
Died of pneumonia, at Base Hospital No. 15, Chaumont, France, on Dec. 25, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. June 6, 1921, and buried at Spiritwood, N. Dak.
1918
Sgt. Sebastian Rice
Fargo, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 348th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 25, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 25, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Dec. 28, 1920, and buried in Riverside Cemetery, Fargo, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Herman Schmidt
Enloe, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 5th Limited Service Regiment, 2nd Battalion, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 27
Died of pneunomia on Oct. 5, 1918 at Camp Grant, Ill.
Buried, Enloe, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Cpl. Nicholas Daniel
Grand Forks, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 21
Killed in action on Oct. 5, 1918.
Buried, Grave 27, Row 24, Block B, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Harry Lewis Kidd
Mandan, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 139th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 29
Killed in action, Sept. 26, 1918.
Buried in France. Grave Unlocated. Missing in Action or Buried at Sea. Tablets of the Missing at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France
1918
Private Alton William Gillmer
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps UND Grand Forks ND
Date of Loss: October 22, 1918 / Age: 22
Died while serving as a member of the Student Army Training Corps on the UND campus in Grand Forks during the 1918 flu pandemic. Name included on the UND S.A.T.C. website
1918
Private Christ Anderson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:82nd Division
Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 26
Killed in action on Oct. 15, 1918.
Buried, Grave 33, Row 8, Block B, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Sgt. Earl Vincent Jefferson
Hope, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 23, 1918 / Age: 21
Killed in action at Chateau-Thierry, on July 23, 1918.
Buried in France. Reburied at Hope, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Eddy county.