State Heroes

William George Horning

Ryder, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery C, 40th Field Artillery

Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 31

Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 15, 1918.

Buried at Ryder, N. Dak.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Traill county.

Helmer Cornelius Pederson

Flora, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 22nd Company, 6th Battalion, 160th Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 22

Died of broncho pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 15, 1918.

Buried at Flora, N. Dak.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Private Harold Abel

Fordville, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 30th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 21

Killed in action on Oct. 15, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 29, 1921, and consigned to Archie Abel, Fordville, N. Dak. (place of burial not given).

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Pvt. John G. Gondo

Pittsburgh, PA

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 306th Infantry Regiment, 77th Division

Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 23

Died on Oct. 15, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried, Grave 9, Row 8, Block H, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Harry J. Pederson

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 128th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 23

Killed in action on Oct. 15, 1918.

Buried in Grave 22, Row 16, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Cpl. Arthur William Chambers

Chanute, KS

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery A, 40th Field Artillery

Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 27

Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 15, 1918.

Buried at Chanute, Kans.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Pvt. Philip P. Heier

Glen Ullin, 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, Grave 31, Row 20, Block A, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Henry W. Karsten

Long Prairie, MN

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 40th Field Artillery

Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 23

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 15, 1918.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Information found in Volume 2, page 1630 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Robert Klang

Dunseith, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 77th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 22

Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 15, 1918.

Buried at Dunseith, N. Dak.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Private Christ Anderson

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 326th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 82nd Division

Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 26

Killed in action on Oct. 15, 1918.

Buried, Grave 33, 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.

Joseph Gion

Regent, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 40th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age:

Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 15, 1918.

Buried at Regent, N. Dak.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

1st Lt. Lewis Marcus Thune

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 164th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 14, 1918 / Age: 25

Killed in action, Oct. 14, 1918.

Buried, Grave 3, Row 43, Block B, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

John Louis Scheidt

Red Oak, IA

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 60th Balloon Company

Date of Loss: October 14, 1918 / Age: 31

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 14, 1918.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Information found in Volume 4, page 2845 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Pvt. Arthur N. Gorder

Carbury, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 125th Field Artillery Regiment, 34th Division

Date of Loss: October 14, 1918 / Age: 23

Died of pneumonia at Liverpool, England, on Oct. 14, 1918.

Buried, Grave 6, Row 2, Block D, Brookwood American Cemetery, Brookwood, England.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Theodore Arved Anderson

Gwinner, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 78th Infantry

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 78th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 14, 1918 / Age: 29

Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 14, 1918.

Buried at Gwinner, N. Dak.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Jacob P. Kleinsasser

Max, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 313th Ammunition Train

Date of Loss: October 14, 1918 / Age: 27

Died in France, Oct. 14, 1918.

Buried in French-American Military Cemetery, France. Reburied in Lutheran Cemetery, Max, N. Dak.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.