State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Pvt.1st Class Christen Rensla
Denbigh, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery B, 335th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 24, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 24, 1918, at Base Hospital No. 9.
Buried, French Cemetery, American Plot, St. Denis, Chateau Roux, Indre, France. Remains returned to U. S. on Jan. 25, 1922, and buried at Denbigh, N. Dak.
1918
Pvt. Ingvald Pederson
Woonan Divide [sic] (possibly Noonan, Divide County), ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 313th Supply Trains, 88th Division
Date of Loss: October 24, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pericarditis on Oct. 24, 1918.
Buried, Grave 15, Row 8, Block F, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Joseph Alexander Preshard
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 36th Company, 9th Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 28
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 11, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2605 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Clarence Charles Carey
Lidgerwood, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 77th Infantry
Date of Loss: November 28, 1918 / Age: 28
Died at Camp Custer, Mich., on Nov. 28, 1918. Influenza.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Truman George Lawrence Mars
Clarksburg, IL
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 139th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 27
Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 8, 1921, and buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery, Clarksburg, Ill.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Martin Christianson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 349th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 18, 1918 / Age: 29
Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 18, 1918.
Buried, Grave 35, Row 26, 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
Roscoe Randle Fletcher
Devils Lake, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Date of Loss: September 02, 1918 / Age: 19
Killed in action on Sept. 2, 1918.
Buried in Canadian Cemetery, Durie Village, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Howard Louis Johnson
Berthold, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 36th Company, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Grant, Ill., on Oct. 5, 1918.
Buried in Wildrose Cemetery, Berthold, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Albert Olson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 128th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Oct. 12, 1918.
Buried in Grave 28, Row 22, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Patrick John McAndrews
Neche, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 357th Infantry
Date of Loss: November 07, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on Nov. 7, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 17, 1921, and buried at Neche, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Edward A. Thompson
Toronto, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 16th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 20
Killed in action on Oct. 4, 1918.
Buried, Grave 28, Row 4, Block G, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Charles Arthur Hoff
Fort Ransom, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 128th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Oct. 15, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 8, 1921, and buried at Fort Ransom, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Gilman L. Foss
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 58th Infantry
Date of Loss: August 07, 1918 / Age: 27
Died on Aug. 7, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 4, 1921, and buried in Grave 320, European Section, Arlington National Cemetery, Va.
1918
2nd Lt. Frank Erwin Curry
Harey [sic] (possibly Harvey), ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 7th Machine Gun Battalion, 3rd Division
Date of Loss: October 21, 1918 / Age: 32
Killed in action on Oct. 21, 1918.
Buried at Farme-de-la-Madelaine, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Frank E Willard
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
Byron H. West
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 15th Service Company, Signal Corps, Casual Detachment
Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age: 20
Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 17, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. Sept. 3, 1920, and buried in Grave 432, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.