State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Cpl. Lynn Fancis Spiering
Hillsboro, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 20, 1918 / Age: 20
Killed in action on July 20, 1918.
Grave unlocated.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
CMM John Oscar Field
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters, 7th Naval District, Key West, Fla.
Date of Loss: November 13, 1918 / Age: 34
Died at Key West, Fla., on Nov. 13, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 1, page 905 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Seaman John George Bender
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: SS Pioneer
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 20
Died in Naval Hospital, New York, on Oct. 13, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
First Lieutenant Samuel Lee Avis
Jamestown, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Engineers
Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 28
Died at Camp Humphreys, Va., of influenza and pneumonia, on Oct. 12, 1918.
Place of burial, Jamestown, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Edward Lawrence Ouse
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 46th Company, 12th Battalion, 160th Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: August 19, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia on Aug. 19, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2461 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Harry Howard Watkins
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 140th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 27, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on Sept. 27, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 29, 1921, and buried Grave 2580, European Section, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Carl Elmer Bergstoe
Milnor, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 50th Infantry
Date of Loss: May 23, 1918 / Age: 19
Died of measles and broncho pneumonia, at Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, D. C., on May 23, 1918.
Buried at Milnor, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
George Nesseth
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.
1918
Private First Class Alak Petterson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K
Date of Loss: September 11, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia on Sept. 11, 1918.
Buried, Grave 3, Row 28, Block B, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All-Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
William August Zich
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
Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918.
Buried, Grave 22, Row 13, 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
Leonard Lindy Lieth
Bartlett, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery D, 42nd Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of influenza at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried, Bartlett, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Cpl. Martin O. Leslie
Bryant, SD
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 126th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on Oct. 6, 1918.
Buried in Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Robert C. Tovsrud
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 135th Machine Gun Battalion
Date of Loss: October 31, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on Oct. 31, 1918.
Buried, Grave 17, Row 1, Block D, Flanders Field American Cemetery, Waereghem, Belgium.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Private First Class Egil Amandus Olson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M
Date of Loss: July 22, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on July 22, 1918.
Buried, Grave 28, Row 13, Block D, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Dreng H. Roisland
Kloten, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 109th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried, Grave 5, Row 2, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
John Oscar
Jerseyville, IL
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 307th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 28
Killed in action on Oct. 4, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 14, 1921, and buried in Grave 3528, European Section, Arlington National Cemetery, Va.