State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Ole I. Haakstad
Fort Ransom, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery C, 41st Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 8, 1918.
Buried at Fort Ransom, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
ERO2 William Jennings Johnson
Grafton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Naval Air Station, Cape May, N.J.
Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 21
Died at sea, Oct. 8, 1918, in the sinking of a seaplane off Cape May, N. J.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Harold E. Williams
Reynolds, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, Replacement Depot Battalion, Signal Corps
Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 29
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 8, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Nov. 3, 1920, and buried at Reynolds, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Walter M. Severson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Quartermaster Corps
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 23
Died at Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, D. C., on Oct. 7, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
PFC Louis T. Grovum
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 34
Died on Oct. 7, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 13, Row 11, Block N, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meaurthe-et-Moselle, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Cpl. Irwin Elmer Gainer
Neche, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 24
Died on Oct. 7, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried in France. Reburied at Hydepark, Pembina county, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
August Havervold
Schafer, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 14th Trench Mortar Battery
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 7, 1918.
Buried at Schafer, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Otto Emanuel Moberg
Milnor, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 4th Ammunition Train
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 30
Died on Oct. 7, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 4, 1921, and buried in Grave 3101, European Section, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
1918
Hjalmar Algot Lindberg
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 28
Died of pnuemonia on Oct. 7, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 1903 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
LDSQMA Edward Faunce Chase
Jamestown, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Dunwoody Naval Training School
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia at Minneapolis, Minn., on Oct. 7, 1918.
Buried at Jamestown, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Andrew Sonerud
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 27
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 7, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 3039 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
John Tillett
Bathgate, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 23rd Infantry
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 24
Died on Oct. 7, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 3, Row 23, 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
Lars Helgeson Opedal
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 33rd Company, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 29
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 7, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2442 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Ernest William Hartmann
New Salem, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 78th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 7, 1918.
Buried at New Salem, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Olaf Dybdal
McLeod, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 139th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 28
Died, Oct. 7, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 157, Row 12, Block 4, Argonne-American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France. Reburied, McLeod, N. Dak.