State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Edward Metzger
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery F, 339th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 29, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 29, 1918.
Buried, Grave 19, Row 7, Block B, Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Albert H. Floyd
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 19, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on July 19, 1918.
Buried in France. Reburied in Southfields, London, S. W. 18, England.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Raymond V. Kirkey
Minot, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 18, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on July 18, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S., on July 25, 1921, and consigned to Mrs. Mary Kirkey, Minot, N. Dak. (place of burial not given).
1918
Harry J. Pederson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 128th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on Oct. 15, 1918.
Buried in Grave 22, Row 16, 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
Pvt.1st Class Thomas James Mealy
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 19, 1918 / Age: 21
Killed in action on July 19, 1918.
Buried, Grave 7, Row 22, Block C, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Grand Forks county.
1918
Thor Elias Vatsvik
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 140th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 28
Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.
Remains returned to Norway and consigned to Alaphias Vatsvik, Skjareham, Norway. (place of burial not given).
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Harold C. Greer
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
Thomas Witchic
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 139th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918.
Buried, Grave 8, Row 6, 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
Leo E. Stovern
Rosholt, SD
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 362nd Infantry
Date of Loss: September 30, 1918 / Age: 27
Killed in action on Sept. 30, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 12, 1921, and buried in Bethania Cemetery, Rosholt, S. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Basil Skraba
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 18, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on July 18, 1918.
Grave unlocated.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Fireman Third Class Earl Dorencourt Young
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Comfort
Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 23
Died on USS Comfort, at New York, N. Y., on Oct. 5, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Louis Charles Knuth
Balfour, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company No. 33, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: November 06, 1918 / Age: 30
Died of pneumonia, at Balfour, N. Dak., on Nov. 6, 1918.
Buried at Balfour, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Edward Nicholas Weber
St. Martin, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 58th Infantry
Date of Loss: May 23, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on May 23, 1918, in sinking of Moldavia.
Buried in the British Channel.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Stanley Ostrowski
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 7th Machine Gun Battalion
Date of Loss: October 20, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on Oct. 20, 1918.
Buried in Grave 31, Row 16, 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
Richard Francis Anderson
Ecklund, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery D, 339th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: April 09, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia, on April 9, 1918.
Buried in Congregational Cemetery, Ecklund township, Burleigh county, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Willard Edwin Vestre
Drayton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 49th Company, 5th Regiment
Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 21
Killed in action on Oct. 4, 1918.
Burial, Grave 164, Section 86, Plot 4, Argonne American Cemetery No. 1232. Reinterred, Drayton Cemetery, Drayton, N. Dak.