State Heroes Total:
3932
Service Branch

World War I

Charles Pokorny photo 1918

Charles Pokorny

Silver Lake, MN

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 315th Engineers

Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 24

Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 1, 1921, and buried in Congregational Cemetery, Silver Lake, Minn.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Joseph Alexander Preshard photo 1918

Joseph Alexander Preshard

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 36th Company, 9th Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 28

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 2605 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Norman Andreas Vorland photo 1918

Norman Andreas Vorland

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 338th Machine Gun Battalion

Date of Loss: December 02, 1918 / Age: 28

Died of pneumonia, at Toul, France, on Dec. 2, 1918.

Buried, Bommel, Norway.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Roy McKinley Basford photo 1918

Pvt. Roy McKinley Basford

Troy, SD

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 128th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 21

Killed in action in battle of Argonne, on Oct. 13, 1918.

Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 3, 1921, and buried in Grave 2736, European Section, Arlington National Cemetery, Va.

Truman George Lawrence Mars photo 1918

Truman George Lawrence Mars

Clarksburg, IL

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 139th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 27

Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.

Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 8, 1921, and buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery, Clarksburg, Ill.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Albert H. Floyd photo 1918

Pvt. Albert H. Floyd

World War I

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.

Raymond V. Kirkey photo 1918

Raymond V. Kirkey

Minot, ND

World War I

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).

Martin Olof Ruud photo 1918

Martin Olof Ruud

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 343rd Machine Gun Battalion

Date of Loss: November 01, 1918 / Age: 31

Killed in action on Nov. 1, 1918.

Buried, Grave 18, Row 41, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Albert Olson photo 1918

Albert Olson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 128th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 24

Killed in action on Oct. 12, 1918.

Buried in Grave 28, Row 22, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Patrick John McAndrews photo 1918

Pvt.1st Class Patrick John McAndrews

Neche, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 357th Infantry

Date of Loss: November 07, 1918 / Age: 23

Killed in action on Nov. 7, 1918.

Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 17, 1921, and buried at Neche, N. Dak.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Thor Elias Vatsvik photo 1918

Thor Elias Vatsvik

World War I

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.

Harold C. Greer photo 1918

Harold C. Greer

World War I

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.

Vernon Howard Terrill photo 1918

Vernon Howard Terrill

Fairmount, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 26th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 20

Killed in action on Oct. 9, 1918.

Buried in France. Reburied at Fairmount, N. Dak.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Fred W. Dietrich photo 1918

Pvt. Fred W. Dietrich

Minnewauken, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 138th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division

Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 22

Died on Sept. 29, 1918, of wounds received in Meuse-Argonne.

Buried, Grave 12, Row 25, Block H, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Frank Erwin Curry photo 1918

2nd Lt. Frank Erwin Curry

Harey [sic] (possibly Harvey), ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 7th Machine Gun Battalion, 3rd Division

Date of Loss: October 21, 1918 / Age: 32

Killed in action on Oct. 21, 1918.

Buried at Farme-de-la-Madelaine, France.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.