State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Pvt. Thorvald Brenden
Kerkhoven, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: May 10, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on May 10, 1918.
Buried, Kerkhoven, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Jacob Rau
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 Mervin John Armstrong
Hannaford, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 18, 1918 / Age: 20
Died on July 18, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried in France. Reburied in Grave No. 1118, Arlington National Cemetery, Va.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Edward Philip O'Malley
Woodland, WI
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 128th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 29
Killed in action on Oct. 1, 1918.
Buried in Grave 37, Row 17, Block H, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. James O. Hanson
Kathryn, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 339th Machine Gun Battalion, 88th Division
Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia at Hericourt, France, on Oct. 8, 1918.
Buried, Grave 39, Row 24, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Pvt.1st Class William Emery Smith
Taneville, MO
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 328th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 16, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action Oct. 16, 1918.
Buried, Grave 15, Row 35, 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
S2c Edwin George Quarne
Towner, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Naval Air Station, L'Aber Vrach, France
Date of Loss: December 04, 1918 / Age: 31
Died at L'Aber Vrach, France, on Dec. 4, 1918.
Buried at Towner, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Pierce county.
1918
Pvt. Elmer Taylor Sidman
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 18, 1918 / Age: 20
Killed in action, near Soissons, on July 18, 1918.
Grave unlocated.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Morton county.
1918
Frank Michael Brien
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 168th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 30, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on July 30, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. July 20, 1921, and buried Grave 3073, European Section, National Cemeterym Arlington, Va.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Jacob Schock
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 16th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 19, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on July 19, 1918.
Buried in France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
William Clyde Robinson
Vernon, WV
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 39th Regiment, Transportation Corps
Date of Loss: November 12, 1918 / Age: 24
Died, as a result of being struck by train, on Nov. 12, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Feb. 15, 1921, and buried in Robinson Cemetery, Vernon, W. Va.
Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Private Gilmore L. Foss
Caledonia, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:58th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:4th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: August 07, 1918 / Age: 27
1918
William Emanuel Olsen
Minneapolis, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 54th Pioneer Infantry
Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 30
Died in France, on Oct. 4, 1918.
Buried in Argonne-American Cemetery.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Cook Rudolph Chloupek
Mahnomen, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 359th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 30, 1918 / Age: 29
Died on Oct. 30, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried in American Cemetery, Senoncourt, Meuse, France; reburied at Mahnomen, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
PFC Harry Ebenholt Nypen
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 362nd Infantry
Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of wounds received in action, on Oct. 5, 1918.
Buried at Fleury-sur-Aire, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Sidney Birch Stephens
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 24, 1918 / Age: 32
Died of broncho pneumonia on Oct. 24, 1918.
Buried, Grave 37, Row 41, Block D, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.