State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Magnus Eugene Alen
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 77th Infantry
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 77th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 28
Died on Oct. 10, 1918, of bronchial pneumonia.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
John William Kendrew
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 42nd Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 10, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1655 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Frederick A. Roskam
Cyrus, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery B, 42nd Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 27
Died of broncho pneumonia, on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried at Cyrus, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
PFC Ralph Armijo Bergan
Valley City, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 322nd Aero Squadron
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 25
Died at Urbana, Ill., on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried at Valley City, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. George Fritz
Foxholm, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Supply Company, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of broncho pneumonia, at Camp Hospital No. 26, France, on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried in US Military Cemetery, Noyes, France. Remains returned to U. S. on Nov. 3, 1920, and buried at Portal, N. Dak.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Lauren Paul Wirkus
Minto, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 5th Field Battalion, Signal Corps
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried, Grave 26, Row 4, Block H, 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 Fred Arthur May
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 27
Killed in action on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried in Grave 38, Row 19, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Leonard Lindy Lieth
Bartlett, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery D, 42nd Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of influenza at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried, Bartlett, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Dreng H. Roisland
Kloten, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 109th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried, Grave 5, Row 2, 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
Stanley J. Novak
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Supple Company, 40th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 25
Died on pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 10, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Morris Joel Lund
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Supply Company, 40th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 30
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 10, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 1954 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Almon Burton Coffin
Velva, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 27
Died of wounds received in action, Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried in Grave 144, Plot 3, Section E, American Cemetery, Vaubecourt-Meuse, France. Reburied in Arlington Cemetery, Va.
1918
Henry Ludvig Larson
Hannaford, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 36th Company, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia at Camp Grant, Ill., on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried at Hannaford, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
William Arthur Rasmusen
Fargo, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery A, 40th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 28
Died of pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried at Fargo, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as William A Rasmussen.
1918
Wilt Edwin Keller
Hatton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 19th Company, Machine Gun Training Camp
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 21
Died of influenza on Oct. 10, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1644 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
GM2c George Albert Boyer
Chippewa Falls, WI
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Naval Hospital, Charleston, S. C.
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 26
Died in Naval Hospital, Charleston, S. C., on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried, Chippewa Falls, Wis.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Albert Boyer.