State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Leonard Andrew Poe
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill.
Date of Loss: September 22, 1918 / Age: 19
Died in Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill., on Sept. 22, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Frank Henry Richholt
Bismarck, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery A, 41st Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 26, 1918 / Age: 27
Died of pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 26, 1918.
Buried at Bismarck, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Charles Wesley Lohr
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company R, 5th Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: April 03, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia, on April 3, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 1928 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Gilbert Oli Myrvik
Milton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 352nd Infantry
Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 17, 1918.
Buried in Grave 23, Row 46, Block D, Argonne-American Cemetery, 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
Eugene H. McCarthy
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
William Whalen
Leeds, ND
World War I (WWI)
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.
1918
Carl O. Stigen
Field, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 34th Company, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 28
Died of influenza on Oct. 4, 1918.
Buried, Field township, Nelson county. N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Cpl. Albert Peterson
Mayville, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 137th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918.
Buried, Grave 40, Row 8, Block B, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
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
Gunner's Mate 3c Harold Clark Potter
World War I (WWI)
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.
1918
Cpl. Bert J. Potratz
Hillsboro, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 18, 1918 / Age: 20
Killed in action on July 18, 1918.
Place of burial unknown. Some place in France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Clarence Anton Pederson
Primrose, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 34th Company, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 29
Died of pneumonia at Camp Grant, Ill., on Oct. 7, 1918.
Buried in Primrose township, Steele county, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Traill county.
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