State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Pvt. John Edgar Johnson
Homestead, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 127th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 11, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1562 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
John C. Throngard
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 16th Company, 160th Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 11, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 3244 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Adolph R. Pechlat
Wahpeton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery B 41st Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of Broncho pneumonia at Camp Custer Michigan on October 11, 1918. Buried at St. Joseph's Cemetery, Brushvale, Minnesota.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Harry H. Swontkaski
Ashton, NE
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 37th Company, 10th Battalion, 160th Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 11, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 3178 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Pvt. Clem Kreitel
Napoleon, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 128th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Division
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on Oct. 11, 1918.
Buried in Grave 1, Row 12, 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
George G. Cook
Cando, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 77th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 11, 1918.
Buried at Cando, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as George C Cook.
1918
Pvt. Herbert A. Rahn
Cavalier, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 18
Died of pneumonia at Grand Forks, N. Dak., on Oct. 11, 1918.
Buried at Cavalier, N. Dak., on Oct. 12, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Theodore Werre
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 306th Animal Transport Depot
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 11, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 3430 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Harold Alf Rorwick
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 10th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 11, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 2755 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Helmer P. Stigen
Gorham, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 41st Company, 160th Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 27
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 11, 1918.
Buried, Gorham, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Clyde Earl Wortman
Hixton, WI
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 313th Military Police
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 11, 1918.
Buried, Grave 10, Row 22, 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
Hjalmer Joakim Hanson
Fertile, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 5th Limited Service Regiment, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 30
Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 11, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1232 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Edwin Wittmayer
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 19
Killed in action on Oct. 11, 1918.
Buried, Grave 39, Row 41, Block B, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Henry William Sumner
Fingal, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 16th Company, 4th Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 23
Died at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on Oct. 11, 1918, of pneumonia.
Buried, Fingal, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Clarence B. Snow
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 10th Company, 3rd Battalion, 160th Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 31
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 11, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Billings county.