State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Wagoner Herbert Francis Stroberger
Faribault, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 12th Machine Gun Battalion
Date of Loss: October 23, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of broncho pneumonia, on Oct. 23, 1918.
Buried, Grave 12, Row 3, 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
Edwin Morken
Springgrove, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 28
Killed in action on Oct. 6, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 17, 1921, and consigned to Sam Morken, Springgrove, Minn. (place of burial not given).
1918
Frank Michael Brien
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 168th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 30, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on July 30, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. July 20, 1921, and buried Grave 3073, European Section, National Cemeterym Arlington, Va.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Private Gilmore L. Foss
Caledonia, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:58th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:4th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: August 07, 1918 / Age: 27
1918
Bert Oscar Wood
Portal, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 19, 1918 / Age: 28
Killed in action at Soissons, France, on July 19, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. May 24, 1921, and buried, Portal, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Elmer Ernest Rule
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 9th Observation Battery, Field Artillery, Central Officers Training School, Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky.
Date of Loss: October 25, 1918 / Age:
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 25, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 2782 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Roger Thompson
Neche, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 8th Infantry
Date of Loss: November 01, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia at Hoboken, N. J., on Nov. 1, 1918.
Buried at Neche, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Jerald F. Fairchild
Battle Creek, MI
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 40th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 20, 1918 / Age: 32
Died at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 20, 1918.
Buried at Battle Creek, Mich.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
PFC Harry Ebenholt Nypen
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 362nd Infantry
Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of wounds received in action, on Oct. 5, 1918.
Buried at Fleury-sur-Aire, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Carl Gustav Berg
Klara, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 50th Company, 13th Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on Oct. 13, 1918.
Buried at Klara, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
PFC Walter J. Keefe
Fargo, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 30, 1918 / Age: 18
1918
Ole John Larson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 139th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on Sept. 29, 1918.
Grave unlocated.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Lars M. Lundberg
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 77th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 11, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 1956 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Pvt. Louis Huss
Makoti, 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
Reinhold D. Schaefer
Lesterville, SD
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 362nd Infantry
Date of Loss: October 31, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action at Stenburg, Belgium, on Oct. 31, 1918.
Buried in Grave 6, Row 3, Block B, Flanders Field American Cemetery, Waereghem, Belgium.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Joseph William Kusie
Dickinson, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 5th Separate Battalion
Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 23
Wounded in action on Oct. 3, 1918, and died on Oct. 4, 1918.
Buried in Miomandre Hospital Cemetery, Suippes (Marne), France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.