State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pvt.1st Class Arthur C. Miller
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 58th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 14, 1918 / Age: 25
Died on Oct. 14, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Remains returned to England, and consigned to Stanley R. Miller, 5 Archer St., Kensington, (London S. W. 11), England. (Place of burial unknown).
Fred Schmuhl
Jamestown, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 10th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 14, 1918 / Age: 31
Died of pneumonia, 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
Pvt. John Jacob Hoffman
Ashley, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 352nd Infantry Regiment, 88th Division
Date of Loss: October 14, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia, at Hericourt, France, on Oct. 14, 1918.
Buried, Grave 28, Row 14, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Cpl. Adolph Nelson
Bancroft, IA
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 1st Infantry Replacement and Training Regiment
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 28
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Pike, Ark., on Oct. 13, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Seaman 2c George Arlington Hill
Ardoch, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Naval Training Station, Seattle, Wash.
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of pneumonia at Seattle, Wash., on Oct. 13, 1918.
Buried at Ardoch, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
George Conrad Julesberg
Tagus, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Supple Company, 77th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of bronchial pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 13, 1918.
Buried at Tagus, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Corporal Henry Hafener
Mooreton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 77th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of broncho pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 13, 1918.
Buried at Mooreton, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Henry Hafner.
Sgt. John Richard Roache
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company No. 6, 2nd Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 13, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 2715 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Pvt. Ingvald Gjertson
Wolford, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 137th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 25
Died on Oct. 13, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried in American Cemetery, Bozoilles, Vosges, France. Remains returned to Norway, and consigned to Mrs. Arma Rosindrson Gjertson, Raranger, Norway. (place of burial not given).
Cpl. Gus J. Ritschel
White Sulphur Springs, MT
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 313th Engineers
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 29
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 13, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. May 31, 1921, and buried in Grave 1648, European Section, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
Clarence Edwin Hesgard
Buxton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company No. 35, 9th Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on Oct. 13, 1918.
Buried at Buxton, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.