State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Pvt. Walter Guetschow
Liberty, WI
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 313th Engineer Regiment, 88th Division
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of pneumonia, at Romagne, France, Oct. 11, 1918.
Buried, Grave 3, Row 16, Block A, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
PFC William F. Leisner
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 339th Machine Gun Battalion
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried, Grave 28, Row 24, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemeter, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Corporal Henry Hafener
Mooreton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 77th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of broncho pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 13, 1918.
Buried at Mooreton, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Henry Hafner.
1918
Pvt. Sevrin Bourk
Sykeston, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 1st Army Headquarters Regiment
Date of Loss: November 18, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed by prisoner when making an arrest as a Military Police, on Nov. 18, 1918, at La Harve, France.
Buried, Grave 10, Row 19, Block B, Somme American Cemetery, Bony, Aisne, France.
1918
Pvt. John R. Holdaas
Bottineau, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 140th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 29
Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 8, 1921, and buried at Bottineau, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
S2c Emil M. Dvorak
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa
Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 24
Died in Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa., on Sept. 28, 1918, as a Seaman 2nd Class.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Private Albert Grass
Cannon Ball, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A
Date of Loss: July 18, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action at Soissons-Paris Road, July 18, 1918. His company was entrenched along the Paris, Soissons Road south of the Chemin de Dames and he volunteered to get some water for his buddies.
1918
Horace Mann Jones Jr.
Fargo, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Medical Department
Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 18
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 12, 1918.
Buried at Fargo, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Cpl. Virgil Raymond Erickson
Devils Lake, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 02, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on Oct. 2, 1918.
Buried in France. Reburied in Kato township, Ramsey county, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Dan Rozell Richardson
Linton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery F, 338th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: February 06, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on Feb. 6, 1918.
Buried at Linton, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
John Stark
Coleharbor, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 73rd Spruce Squadron, Spruce Production Division
Date of Loss: October 25, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 25, 1918, at Clatsup, Ore.
Burial, Coleharbor, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Richard G. Redemske
Chicago, IL
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 19, 1918 / Age: 28
Killed in action on July 19, 1918.
Buried, Grave 6, Row 3, Block D, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Sgt. Ralph C. Rose
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 126th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Oct. 4, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 2757 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Henry Johnson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Oct. 4, 1918.
Buried in Grave 17, Row 8, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Charles T. Sampson
Scandia, PA
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 7th Engineers
Date of Loss: August 17, 1918 / Age: 36
Killed in action on Aug. 17, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on June 10, 1921, and buried in Scandia Cemetery, Scandia, Pa.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918