State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Ezra William Barrows
Lake Wilson, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: May 07, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on May 7, 1918.
Buried near Villers, Tournells, Somme, France. Reburied at Lake Wilson, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND (possibly under Dunn county as Ezra Burrows).
1918
Fred Rott
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 149th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 8, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 2767 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Harry Pederson
Rutland, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 78th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 16, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 16, 1918.
Buried at Rutland, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Carl Solvsberg
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 360th Infantry
Date of Loss: November 02, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Nov. 2, 1918.
Buried, Grave 6, Row 43, Block A, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Gilford Oliver Olson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 22nd Company, 6th Battalion, 160th Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 18, 1918 / Age: 21
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 18, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2415 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Walter M. Severson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Quartermaster Corps
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 23
Died at Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, D. C., on Oct. 7, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Lloyd William Spetz
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: March 01, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action, March 1, 1918.
Buried, Grave 6, Row 12, Block B, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
August Bernhard Shellburg
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: June 09, 1918 / Age: 29
Killed in action on June 9, 1918.
Buried, Grave 6, Row 15, Block D, Somme American Cemetery, Bony, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Gust Shellburg.
1918
Frederick A. Roskam
Cyrus, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery B, 42nd Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 27
Died of broncho pneumonia, on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried at Cyrus, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Knute Olson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I
Date of Loss: March 01, 1918 / Age: 33
Killed in action on March 1, 1918.
Buried in Grave 23, Row 14, Block B, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Henry Peterson
Walcott, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 27
Died of pneumonia at Camp Hancock, Ga., on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried at Walcott, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Ludwig Coy
Wild Rose, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 38th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Division
Date of Loss: July 16, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on July 16, 1918.
Buried, Grave 22, Row 20, Block A, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Private Claude W. Keller
Glenburn, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I
Date of Loss: March 01, 1918 / Age: 28
Killed in action on March 1, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on June 21, 1921, and consigned to George Keller, Goble, Mich. (place of burial unknown).
1918
Christian Martin Festvog
Landa, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company No. 1, Fort Leavenworth September Automatic Replacement Draft
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of pneumonia, at St. Nazaire, France, on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried in Base Cemetery 21, Grave 754, Plot G. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 22, 1920, and buried at Landa, N. Dak.
1918
Edward Sutherland
Grand Forks, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery A, 1st Battalion, Field Artillery, Replacement Draft, Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky.
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 20
Died of influenza broncho pneumonia, on Oct. 6, 1918.
Buried at Grand Forks, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Cook Frank Coleman
Lancaster, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 58th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 02, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Oct. 2, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 18, 1921, and buried at Lancaster, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.