State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Fred Nylund
New York Mills, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 140th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 26
Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.
Buried, Grave 12, Row 24, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Pvt. William Perry Makee
Kenmare, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 21
Killed in action, at Verennes, France, on Sept. 26, 1918.
Buried in France. Reburied at Kenmare, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Private Albert Block
Spencer, NE
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 110th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 28th Division
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.
Buried, Grave 11, Row 16, 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
Private George Abdalla
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 358th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 90th Division
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 28
Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.
Buried, Grave 14, Row 18, Block D, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Cpl. Einer Brateng
Devils Lake, ND
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 39th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age:
Lewis O. Huus
Hatton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 139th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 15, 1921, and buried in Zoar Congressional Cemetery, Hatton, N. Dak.
Private Nels T. Wold
Minnewauken, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 138th Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 22
He rendered most gallant service in aiding the advance of his company, which had been held up by machine-gun nests, advancing, with one other soldier, and silencing the guns; bringing with him, upon his return, 11 prisoners.
Pvt. John R. Holdaas
Bottineau, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 140th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 29
Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 8, 1921, and buried at Bottineau, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Carl Elmer Landers
Kenaston, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 139th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 21
Killed in action, on Sept. 26, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 26, 1921, and buried at Kenaston, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. William M. Byers
Bradley [sic], ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 138th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 30
Died on Sept. 26, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 27, Row 41, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
William Albert Milkey
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 140th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action in Meuse-Argonne, on Sept. 26, 1918.
Buried in Grave 24, Row 25, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Harold Maloy Parker
Cando, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 140th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 10, 1921, and buried at Cando, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Thor Elias Vatsvik
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 140th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 28
Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.
Remains returned to Norway and consigned to Alaphias Vatsvik, Skjareham, Norway. (place of burial not given).
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Mike Sulz
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 358th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 27
Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.
Buried, Grave 28, Row 7, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Guy Vivian Benoit
Verona, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 139th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 15, 1921, and buried at LaMoure, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Pvt. Jesse Wilson Dillon
Freeman, MO
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 164th Field Hospital, 116th Sanitary Train
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 28
Died on Sept. 26, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried in France. Reburied in Grave 2251, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.