State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Pvt. James Cecil Gabe
Goodyear, WI
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 18, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action, on July 18, 1918.
Buried in Grave No. 22, Row 14, Block D, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Frank Nelson
Minneapolis, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 58th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 18, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on July 18, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 29, 1921, and buried at Crystal Lake cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Elmer Taylor Sidman
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 18, 1918 / Age: 20
Killed in action, near Soissons, on July 18, 1918.
Grave unlocated.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Morton county.
1918
Pvt.1st Class William Henry Neustel
Robinson, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 18, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on July 18, 1918.
Buried in France. Re-buried at Robinson, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Albert Grass
Cannon Ball, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 18, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action at Soissons-Paris Road, July 18, 1918. His company was entrenched along the Paris, Soissons Road south of the Chemin de Dames and he volunteered to get some water for his buddies.
1918
Raymond V. Kirkey
Minot, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 18, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on July 18, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S., on July 25, 1921, and consigned to Mrs. Mary Kirkey, Minot, N. Dak. (place of burial not given).
1918
Pvt.1st Class Basil Skraba
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 18, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on July 18, 1918.
Grave unlocated.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Raymond Stake
Chambersburg, PA
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 58th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 18, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action, at Chateau-Thierry, on July 18, 1918.
Buried, Grave 23, Row 4, Block A, Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Ludwig Coy
Wild Rose, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 38th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Division
Date of Loss: July 16, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on July 16, 1918.
Buried, Grave 22, Row 20, Block A, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Frank Benedict Holicky
Lakota, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 9th Marchine Gun Battalion
Date of Loss: July 15, 1918 / Age: 21
Killed in action at Chateau-Thierry on July 15, 1918.
Buried, Grave No. 24, Section R, Plot No. 1, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France. Remains returned to U. S. on Jan. 10, 1922, and buried at Lakota, N. Dak.
1918
Cpl. Fred R. Dunn
Charleston, IL
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 15, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on July 15, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on July 17, 1925, and consigned to Mrs. Charles H. Dunn, Charleston, Ill. (place of burial not given).
1918
Robert Park Lyle
Cooperstown
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 47th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 15, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on July 15, 1918.
Buried in Grave 77, Row 13, Block A, Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Betteau, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Joseph LeRoy Loomis
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 30th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 15, 1918 / Age: 21
Killed in action on July 15, 1918.
Buried in Grave 22, Row 27, Block B, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Serings-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Willis O. Gish
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 8th Ammunition Train
Date of Loss: July 14, 1918 / Age: 28
Murdered - strangulation - on July 14, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1060 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Pvt.1st Class John J. Nimmo
Devils Lake, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Medical Department
Date of Loss: July 13, 1918 / Age: 28
Died of appendicitis on July 13, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2337 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.