State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Pvt.1st Class Menton Gunnerud
Brinsmade, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 110th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 30, 1918 / Age: 33
Died of wounds received in action at Argonne Forest, France, on Sept. 30, 1918.
1918
Fred Casebeer
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 137th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 30, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on Sept. 30, 1918.
Buried, Grave 34, Row 39, 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. Alfred Jens Jacob Hanson
Wahpeton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 140th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division
Date of Loss: September 30, 1918 / Age: 27
Died on Sept. 30, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 13, Row 17, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Pvt. Fred W. Dietrich
Minnewauken, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 138th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division
Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 22
Died on Sept. 29, 1918, of wounds received in Meuse-Argonne.
Buried, Grave 12, Row 25, Block H, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Delbert Benjamin Van Allen
World War I (WWI)
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.
1918
Ole John Larson
World War I (WWI)
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.
1918
Lieutenant Colonel Frederick E. Smith
Rockford, IL
World War I (WWI)
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
1918
Pvt. Oscar Hilden
Ellendale, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 137th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action, on Sept. 29, 1918.
Buried in Grave 11, Row 21, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Alfred A. Olson
Hatton, ND
World War I (WWI)
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.
1918
Pvt. William Hollaar
Hull, ND
World War I (WWI)
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.
1918
Cpl. Philip Edward Joos
Jamestown, ND
World War I (WWI)
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.
1918
Private Joseph E. Appert
Hazelton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 362nd Infantry
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 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.
1918
Pvt. Clifford Lane
Crystal, ND
World War I (WWI)
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.
1918
Pvt. Charles Edward Kern
Pembina, ND
World War I (WWI)
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.
1918
2nd Lt. Arthur Conner
World War I (WWI)
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.