State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Otto Peter Smith
Harvey, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery C, 42nd Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 27
Died at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried, Harvey, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Mechanic John A. Granlund
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 22, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on July 22, 1918.
Buried, Grave 1, Row 36, 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
Ray C. Forland
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: April 18, 1918 / Age: 31
Died of pneumonia, on April 18, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 951 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Cpl. Einar Brateng
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 39th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 27, 1918 / Age: 26
Killed in action on Sept. 27, 1918.
Buried, Grave 18, Row 25, 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
George Hughes Hayden
Carpio, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Supply Company, 40th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 29
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried at Carpio, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
PFC Melvin T. Johnson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: June 01, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on May 1, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1572 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Joseph R. Erickson
Cooperstown, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 39th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.
Buried in Grave 24, Row 43, 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
Wagoner Rushton Michel Jones
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Supply Company, 77th Infantry
Date of Loss: December 26, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Dec. 26, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Emmons Victor Linwell
Northwood, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, Development Battalion No. 1
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of broncho pneumonia on Oct. 6, 1918, at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Buried at Northwood, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Arthur Thomas Solie
Ada, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 360th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 15, 1918 / Age: 27
Killed in action on Sept. 15, 1918.
Buried, Grave 18, Row 18, Block D, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiacourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Private Walter C. Alberts
Fort Snelling, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F
Date of Loss: June 12, 1918 / Age: 19
Died at Fort Snelling, Minn., June 12, 1918.
Buried, Fort Snelling, Minn.
Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Sargent Albert Franklin Nelson
Leonard, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 164th Infantry Regiment, Americal Division
Date of Loss: June 19, 1918 / Age: 27
Killed in Action on July 19, 1918. Buried in Cemetery C-39, Located in the Commune of Courmelles, Aisne; re-buried at Leonard, Richland County, North Dakota.
1918
Pvt. Percy George Carter
Sheldon, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 317th Field Signal Battalion
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of lobar pneumonia at Base Hospital No. 53, France, on Oct. 6, 1918.
Buried, Cemetery No. 13, Grave No. 121, Langres, France. Remains returned to U. S. on May 13, 1921, and buried at Sheldon, N. Dak.
1918
Pvt. John Raymond Joyce
Crosby, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: May 17, 1918 / Age: 19
Died on May 17, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on April 5, 1921, and buried at Crosby, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Erick Ofstad
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 359th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 27
Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.
Grave unlocated.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Christ Sorlee
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Supply Company, 78th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 18, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 18, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.