State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
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.
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
Adolph Peter
Garrison, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 78th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 27
Died of pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried at Garrison, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Herbert Edwin Schwartz
New Salem, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Supply Company, 78th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 10, 1918.
Burial, New Salem, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Albert W. Wallner
New Ulm, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 19
Killed in action on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 1, 1921, and buried in Catholic Cemetery, New Ulm, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. John S. Bannister
Jamestown, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action, Meuse-Argonne, Oct. 10, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 17, 1921, and buried in Highland Cemetery, Jamestown, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
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 Ernest Julius Alfred Erickson
Wilton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 361st Infantry
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 29
Killed in action in Argonne Forest, on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried, Wilton, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Gustav Carlson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 14th Company, 163rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 28
Died of influenza on Oct. 10, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 1, page 500 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Pvt. Boyd Eagleson
Milton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 23
Died on Oct. 10, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried in Grave 19, Row 19, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Benjamin H. Stowell
Bemidji, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery E, 41st Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 10, 1918, at Camp Custer, Mich.
Buried, Bemidji, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Albert Nansen Olson
Dazey, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery C, 42nd Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried at Dazey, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.