State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Alvin O. Kvenshagen
Northwood, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 23rd Infantry
Date of Loss: October 02, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action, at Mont Blanc Ridge, Champagne Sector, on Oct. 2, 1918.
1918
August Schnell
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 137th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 02, 1918 / Age: 30
Killed in action on Oct. 2, 1918.
Grave unlocated.
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
Christ Sortland
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 138th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Oct. 1, 1918.
Buried, Grave 32, Section 18, Block 1, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France. Remains returned to Norway, and consigned to Ole John Sortland, Bergen, Norway.
1918
Maurice D. Rowe
Hamilton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 137th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 29
Killed in action on Oct. 1, 1918.
Buried, Grave 27, Row 19, 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
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
Richard Mettler
Freeman, SD
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 306th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on Oct. 1, 1918.
Buried in Grave 33, Row 42, 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
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.
1918
John M. Larson
Houston, 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.
Buried, Grave 22, Row 43, 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
Arthur C. Larson
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 at Exermont, France, on Oct. 1, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on July 28, 1921, and buried in Grave 2444, European Section, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
1918
Sgt. Edwin Oscar Estby
Falsen, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 78th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 29
Died of pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 1, 1918.
Buried at Falsen, 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.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.
1918
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
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.