State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Kart H Erickson
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
Pvt. Harry E. Lean Elk
Porcupine, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company No. 2, 138th Infantry
Date of Loss: June 17, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of broncho pneumonia in England on June 17, 1918.
Buried in England. Reburied in the Porcupine Cemetery, Sioux county, N. Dak., on Sept. 25, 1920.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Theodore H. Kruse
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 19, 1918 / Age: 32
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea.
Killed in action on July 19, 1918.
Grave unlocated. Tablets of the Missing at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, France.
1918
Cook Milfred Harry Owen
Lisbon, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 41st Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 22
Died at Camp Custer, Mich., of pneumonia, Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Lisbon, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Martin Hoff
Brooten, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 14th Ammunition Train
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 30
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 13, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1376 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Carl Edwin Rogen
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 26
Killed in action, on Oct. 5, 1918.
Buried, Grave 16, Row 12, 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
William D. Martin
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 350th Infantry
Date of Loss: May 18, 1918 / Age: 19
Died of pneumonia on May 18, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2095 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Pvt. John Andrew Carlson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 359th Infantry Regiment, 90th Division
Date of Loss: September 13, 1918 / Age: 28
Killed in action on Sept. 13, 1918.
Buried Grave 14, Row 24, Block D, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Alfred B. Larsen
Cooperstown
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 138th Infantry
Date of Loss: December 13, 1918 / Age: 25
Died on Dec. 13, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 22, Row 18, Block C, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiacourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.
1918
Pvt. Garrett Hobart Jones
Bantry, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 335th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 22
Died at Vauclaire, France, of broncho pneumonia, on Oct. 12, 1918.
Buried at Vauclaire, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
William Reynolds
Grafton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 352nd Infantry
Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia, at American Base Hospital, Hericourt, France, on Oct. 8, 1918.
Buried at Hericourt, France. Remains returned to U. S. May 31, 1921, and buried at Grafton, N. Dak.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Lauren Paul Wirkus
Minto, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 5th Field Battalion, Signal Corps
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried, Grave 26, Row 4, 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
Henry William Sumner
Fingal, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 16th Company, 4th Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 23
Died at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on Oct. 11, 1918, of pneumonia.
Buried, Fingal, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Guy Vivian Benoit
Verona, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 139th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 15, 1921, and buried at LaMoure, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Archie C. Fortin
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery D, 40th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age: 29
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 17, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 955 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Private First Class Evald L. Helstad
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:4th Division
Date of Loss: July 19, 1918 / Age: 26
Killed in action at Chateau-Thierry on July 19, 1918.
Buried in Grave 49, Row 2, Block A, Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.