State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Emil Matejcek
Sheldon, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery C, 41st Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of broncho pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 15, 1918.
Buried at Sheldon, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Philip P. Heier
Glen Ullin, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 128th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Oct. 15, 1918.
Buried, Grave 31, Row 20, Block A, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Maldor Hansen
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 4th Company, 1st Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 25
Died on pneumonia on Oct. 15, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1218 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Theodore Arved Anderson
Gwinner, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 78th Infantry
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 78th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 14, 1918 / Age: 29
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 14, 1918.
Buried at Gwinner, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Jacob P. Kleinsasser
Max, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 313th Ammunition Train
Date of Loss: October 14, 1918 / Age: 27
Died in France, Oct. 14, 1918.
Buried in French-American Military Cemetery, France. Reburied in Lutheran Cemetery, Max, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Albert Benedict Ries
Jamestown, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 10th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 14, 1918 / Age: 21
Died at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 14, 1918.
Buried at Jamestown, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Cpl. Elmer F. Rushfeldt
De Groat, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 137th Machine Gun Battalion
Date of Loss: October 14, 1918 / Age: 28
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 14, 1918.
Buried at sea.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Harry Schwind
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 128th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 14, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Oct. 14, 1918.
Buried, Grave 1, Row 41, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Pvt. Arthur N. Gorder
Carbury, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 125th Field Artillery Regiment, 34th Division
Date of Loss: October 14, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia at Liverpool, England, on Oct. 14, 1918.
Buried, Grave 6, Row 2, Block D, Brookwood American Cemetery, Brookwood, England.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Henry C. Roder
Anamoose, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 10th Detachment, Administration Labor Company
Date of Loss: October 14, 1918 / Age: 28
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 14, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. and buried at Anamoose, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Fireman 3c Floyd Albert Cooper
Leith, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Mercy
Date of Loss: October 14, 1918 / Age: 19
Died at Yorktown, Va., on Oct. 14, 1918.
Buried, Leith, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Stephen Swanson
Valley City, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 160th Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 14, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of broncho pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 14, 1918.
Buried at Valley City, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Stephan Swanson.
1918
Christ G. Roth
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company No. 10, 3rd Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 14, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 14, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 2765 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Carl Otto Lindner
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 14th Mobile Veterinary Section
Date of Loss: October 14, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 14, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 1907 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
World War I (WWI) Student Army Training Corps (SATC)
1918
Private Warren Arthur Parker
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps UND Grand Forks ND
Date of Loss: October 14, 1918 / Age: 29
Died while serving as a member of the Student Army Training Corps on the UND campus in Grand Forks during the 1918 flu pandemic. Name included on the UND S.A.T.C. website