State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Joseph Schettle
Grant township, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 352nd Infantry
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 6, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 31, 1921, and buried in Lutheran Cemetery, Grant township, Kidder county, N. Dak.
1918
Frank B. Peterman
Chicago, IL
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 137th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 26
Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918.
Buried, Grave 35, Row 19, Block G, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Frederick Homer Stone
Detroit, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 40th Infantry
Date of Loss: March 26, 1918 / Age: 25
Died on March 26, 1918, of heart failure, at Fort Sheridan, Ill.
Buried at Detroit, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Fred H Stone.
1918
Albert Richard Nord
Carver, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 358th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 14, 1918 / Age: 30
Died on Sept. 14, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Remains returned to U. S. on June 20, 1921, and buried in West Union Cemetery, Carver, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Peter David Getz
Grand Forks, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 139th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division
Date of Loss: August 24, 1918 / Age: 23
Died on Aug. 24, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 26, Row 29, Block F, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Lars Johan Solstad
Minneapolis, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 9th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 12, 1918 / Age: 28
Killed in action on Sept. 12, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 8, 1921, and buried in Crystal Lake Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn., on Aug. 16, 1921.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Magnus H. Bjornson
Mountain, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 78th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 5, 1918.
Buried at Mountain, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Frank Boehm
Oriska, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 453rd Aero Construction Squadron
Date of Loss: August 08, 1918 / Age: 22
Died at Camp 3-A, Toledo, Oregon, on Aug. 8, 1918.
Buried, Oriska, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Frank Boehn.
1918
Cpl. Lynn Fancis Spiering
Hillsboro, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 20, 1918 / Age: 20
Killed in action on July 20, 1918.
Grave unlocated.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Joseph Eckert
Van Rock [sic], ND
World War I (WWI)
Date of Loss: November 11, 1918 / Age:
Name NOT 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
CMM John Oscar Field
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters, 7th Naval District, Key West, Fla.
Date of Loss: November 13, 1918 / Age: 34
Died at Key West, Fla., on Nov. 13, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 1, page 905 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Seaman John George Bender
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: SS Pioneer
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 20
Died in Naval Hospital, New York, on Oct. 13, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Private Frank Ebbenezer Myers
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps UND Grand Forks ND
Date of Loss: October 22, 1918 / Age: 22
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
Buried at Carrington Cemetery, Foster County, North Dakota.
1918
First Lieutenant Samuel Lee Avis
Jamestown, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Engineers
Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 28
Died at Camp Humphreys, Va., of influenza and pneumonia, on Oct. 12, 1918.
Place of burial, Jamestown, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Charles William Burkhardt
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division
Date of Loss: July 19, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on July 19, 1918.
Buried, Grave 37, Row 9, Block C, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Dunn county.
1918
Corporal Levi Douglas Johnson
Ayr, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D
Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action near Exermond, France, on Oct. 4, 1918.
Buried, Grave 5, Row 45, Block B, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.