State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Pvt. David Knittel
Napolean, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 140th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division
Date of Loss: October 02, 1918 / Age: 24
Died in Field Hospital, Buzancy, Germany, on Oct. 2, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 17, Row 11, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Wilhelm Hanson
Spring Valley, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 351st Infantry
Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 28
Died of pneumonia, at Hericourt, France, on Oct. 1, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. May 25, 1921, and buried at Spring Valley, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Edward Philip O'Malley
Woodland, WI
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 128th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 29
Killed in action on Oct. 1, 1918.
Buried in Grave 37, Row 17, 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. Niels Jensen
Luverne, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 137th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division
Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 29
Killed in action on Oct. 1, 1918.
Buried, Grave 36, Row 31, 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
Pvt.1st Class Wyatt E. Silker
Babcock, IA
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on Oct. 1, 1918.
Buried, Grave 31, Row 23, Block A, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Thedor G. Larson
Nearson, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 140th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on Oct. 1, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 15, 1921, and buried at Nearson, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Private Emil Henry Kaehn
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 137th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 35th Division
Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 22
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea.
Killed in action on Oct. 1, 1918.
Grave unlocated. Tablets of the Missing at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne, France
1918
Christ Lien
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 140th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action, on Oct. 1, 1918.
Buried, Grave 1, Row 4, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Chris Emil Larson
Mt. Carroll, IL
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 138th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on Oct. 1, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Feb. 25, 1922, and buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Mt. Carroll, Ill.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Arthur Miller Hanson
Hatton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 351st Infantry
Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 1, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. May 31, 1921, and buried at Hatton, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Grand Forks and Traill counties.
Pvt. Eugene P. Brasseur
Thorne, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 138th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 23
Died in Base Hospital No. 66, at Neufchateau, France, on Oct. 1, 1918, of wounds received in action.
2nd Lt. Harry Blaine Randolph
Fergus Falls, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Students Army Training Corps
Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 39
Died of pneumonia, at Fort Sheridan, Ill., on Oct. 1, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Sgt. Jean Haywood Pearl
Mound, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters, 4th Sanitary Train
Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 32
Died on Oct. 1, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried in France. Reburied at Mound, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Ole Melvin Morken
Pekin, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion
Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 26
Killed in action on Oct. 1, 1918.
Buried, Grave 14, Row 25, Block A, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.