State Heroes

Otto Snyder

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 139th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 30, 1918 / Age: 27

Killed in action on Sept. 30, 1918.

Buried, Grave 9, Row 23, Block G, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Cpl. Royal Osmer Gray

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 47th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 30, 1918 / Age: 22

Killed in action on Sept. 30, 1918.

Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 19, 1921, and buried at Lakota, N. Dak.

Pvt. Angus Guy John

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 139th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division

Date of Loss: September 30, 1918 / Age: 27

Killed in action in the Argonne campaign, France, Sept. 30, 1918.

Buried, Grave 36, Row 4, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Cpl. Philip Edward Joos

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 139th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 28

Killed in action on Sept. 29, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 17, 1921, and buried at Jamestown, N. Dak.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Mercer and Stutsman counties.

Delbert Benjamin Van Allen

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 362nd Infantry

Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 25

Killed in action on Sept. 29, 1918.

Buried, Grave 32, Row 23, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Ole John Larson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 139th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 22

Killed in action on Sept. 29, 1918.

Grave unlocated.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Pvt. William Hollaar

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 362nd Infantry

Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 23

Killed in action, on Sept. 29, 1918.

Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 17, 1921, and buried at Hull, N. Dak.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Lieutenant Colonel Frederick E. Smith

Rockford, IL

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 308th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 45

When communication from the forward regimental post of command to the battalion leading the advance had been interrupted temporarily, by the infiltration of small parties of the enemy armed with machine guns, Lieutenant-Colonel Smith personally led a p

Pvt. Charles Edward Kern

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 362nd Infantry Regiment, 91st Division

Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 24

Killed in action on Sept. 29, 1918.

Buried in Grave no. 40, Row 26, Block F, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Pvt. Joseph E. Appert

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 362nd Infantry

Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 22

Killed in action, at Gesnes, France, on Sept. 29, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. June 14, 1921, and buried at Hazelton, N. Dak.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Pvt. Clifford Lane

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 362nd Infantry Regiment, 91st Division

Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 25

Killed in action, on Sept. 29, 1918.

Buried, Grave 1, Row 9, Block G, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Pvt.1st Class Alfred A. Olson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 39th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 24

Killed in action, on Sept. 29, 1918.

Buried in Grave 34, Row 33, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

2nd Lt. Arthur Conner

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 372nd Infantry Regiment, 93rd Division

Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 32

Killed in action on Sept. 29, 1918.

Buried in Grave No. 25, Row 43, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Bernard Nelson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 138th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 23

Killed in action on Sept. 29, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 15, 1921, and buried at Siren, Wis.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Pvt. Gust Kruger

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Division

Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 22

Died on Sept. 29, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried, Grave 33, Row 43, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.