State Heroes
World War I
1918
John Batsch
Cleveland, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 10th Infantry
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 1, page 195 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Albert W. Wallner
New Ulm, MNWorld War I
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
Walter B. Brown
Brainerd, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on Oct. 10, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 10, 1921, and buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Brainerd, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Maurice Verschelde
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Ambulance Company No. 350, 313th Sanitary Train
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 27
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried, Grave 25, Row 25, Block G, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Fred W. Skubinna
Churchtown, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Supply Company, 41st Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 10, 1918, at Camp Custer, Mich.
Buried, Churchtown, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Jacob Jake Unruh
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 33rd Company, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 21
Died at Camp Grant, Ill., on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried, Mercer county.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Arthur Eugene Shaw
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action at Argonne Forest, Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried in Grave 8, Row 37, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Benjamin H. Stowell
Bemidji, MNWorld War I
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
Johannes Frederick Jagd
Valley City, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery B, 42nd Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 29
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried at Valley City, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Ole Kleven
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery B, 40th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 25
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 1694 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Cook Milfred Harry Owen
Lisbon, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 41st Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 22
Died at Camp Custer, Mich., of pneumonia, Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Lisbon, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Vernon Howard Terrill
Fairmount, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 26th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 20
Killed in action on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried in France. Reburied at Fairmount, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Edward William Werle
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 14th Ammunition Train
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 31
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 9, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 3429 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Christian Martin Festvog
Landa, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company No. 1, Fort Leavenworth September Automatic Replacement Draft
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of pneumonia, at St. Nazaire, France, on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried in Base Cemetery 21, Grave 754, Plot G. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 22, 1920, and buried at Landa, N. Dak.
1918
Otto Peter Smith
Harvey, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery C, 42nd Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 27
Died at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried, Harvey, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.