State Heroes Total:
3935
Service Branch

World War I

Jacob Miller Geyer photo 1918

Pvt. Jacob Miller Geyer

Sheyenne, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Division

Date of Loss: October 02, 1918 / Age: 29

Killed in action on Oct. 2, 1918.

Buried, in Grave 12, Row 3, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

William Whalen photo 1918

William Whalen

Leeds, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 164th Field Hospital, 116th Sanitary Train

Date of Loss: January 16, 1918 / Age: 29

Died of pneumonia, on Jan. 16, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on Dec. 28, 1920, and buried at Leeds, N. Dak.

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

Ludwig Tande photo 1918

Ludwig Tande

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.

Charles Martin Root photo 1918

Bugler Charles Martin Root

Mendon, MI

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 37th Battalion, US Guards, The Presidio of San Francisco, Calif.

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

Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 24, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 4, page 2753 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Bernhard Severin Bredell photo 1918

PFC Bernhard Severin Bredell

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 164th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 27

Killed in action on Oct. 4, 1918.

Buried, Grave 17, Row 42, Block F, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

John Eggers photo 1918

Pvt. John Eggers

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 128th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Division

Date of Loss: November 10, 1918 / Age: 25

Killed in action on Nov. 10, 1918.

Buried in Grave 9, Row 41, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Harold Clark Potter photo 1918

Gunner's Mate 3c Harold Clark Potter

World War I

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Naval Hospital, Annapolis, Md.

Date of Loss: October 19, 1918 / Age: 24

Died at Naval Hospital, Annapolis, Md., on Oct. 19, 1918.

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

Ross S. Ruland photo 1918

Ross S. Ruland

Glen Ullin, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 313th Engineers

Date of Loss: May 22, 1918 / Age: 26

Died at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on May 22, 1918.

Buried at Glen Ullin, N. Dak.

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

William G. Peterson photo 1918

William G. Peterson

Finley, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 322nd Infantry

Date of Loss: November 09, 1918 / Age: 28

Killed in action on Nov. 9, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. and buried at Finley, N. Dak.

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

Edmond Orning photo 1918

Private Edmond Orning

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps UND Grand Forks ND

Date of Loss: October 31, 1918 / Age: 21

Died while serving as a member of the Student Army Training Corps  on the UND campus in Grand Forks during the 1918 flu pandemic. Name included on the UND S.A.T.C. website

Newton H. Lovell photo 1918

Newton H. Lovell

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.

Aslak Vettrus photo 1918

Aslak Vettrus

Rolette, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 34th Company, 161st Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 24

Died of pneumonia at Camp Grant, Ill., on Oct. 6, 1918.

Buried, Rolette, N. Dak.

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

Axel Herman Leander photo 1918

Cpl. Axel Herman Leander

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 164th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 23

Killed in action on Oct. 8, 1918.

Buried in Grave 31, Row 4, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Clarence Victor Beckley photo 1918

Pvt. Clarence Victor Beckley

Paynesville, MN

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 116th Field Signal Battalion

Date of Loss: September 22, 1918 / Age: 21

Died of pneumonia, Sept. 22, 1918, at Field Hospital, St. Angnias, Noyers, France.

Buried in St. Angnias, Noyers, France. Remains returned to U. S. on Nov. 3, 1920, and buried at Paynesville, Minn.

Arvid W. Heidenberg photo 1918

Pvt. Arvid W. Heidenberg

Sanish, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 164th Infantry

Date of Loss: July 18, 1918 / Age: 22

Killed in action, on July 18, 1918.

Buried in Grave 14, Row 15, Block D, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.

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