State Heroes
World War I
Ralph McGarvey
Bismarck, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 104th Engineers
Date of Loss: October 19, 1918 / Age: 19
Died on Oct. 19, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried in French Cemetery. Re-buried at Bismarck, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Gilford Oliver Olson
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 22nd Company, 6th Battalion, 160th Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 18, 1918 / Age: 21
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 18, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2415 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Roy Alfred Dingman
Oelwein, IAWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Troop E, 7th Cavalry, Fort Bliss, Texas
Date of Loss: October 18, 1918 / Age: 21
Died of pneumonia at Fort Bliss, Texas, on Oct. 18, 1918.
Buried at Oelwein, Iowa.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Cpl. William F. Thiele
Chicago, ILWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 11th Company, 3rd Battalion, 160th Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 18, 1918 / Age: 31
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 18, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 3205 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Michael Holsbrekken
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 20th Battalion, US Guards
Date of Loss: October 18, 1918 / Age: 25
Died on Oct. 18, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1400 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Arthur Edwin Erickson
Bowman, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 40th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 18, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 18, 1918.
Buried at Bowman, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Arthur Walter Peterson
Lucy Township, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 78th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 18, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 18, 1918, at Camp Custer, Mich.
Buried, Lucy Township, Burke county, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Alfred Melvin Peterson
Ambrose, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, Depot Battalion No. 1
Date of Loss: October 18, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on Oct. 18, 1918.
Buried at Ambrose, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Christ Sorlee
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Supply Company, 78th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 18, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 18, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Pvt. Martin Christianson
World War I
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.
Walter Gustav Daschner
Hunter, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery D, 40th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 17, 1918.
Buried at Hunter, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Fremont Wesley Rice
Ruthven, IAWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 137th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia, Oct. 17, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. Aug. 30, 1920, and buried in Grave 348, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Vivian James Olmstead
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery A, 42nd Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 17, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2395 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
John P. Lacher
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 128th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on Oct. 17, 1918.
Buried in France. Grave unlocated.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
WWI Student Army Training Corps

Private Friedrich F. Marzolf
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps UND Grand Forks ND
Date of Loss: October 18, 1918 / Age: 22
Died while serving as a member of the Student Army Training Corps  on the UND campus in Grand Forks during the 1918 flu pandemic. Name included on the UND S.A.T.C. website