State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
Private Olaf Knapp
Binford, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 139th Infantry Regiment
Wounded, slightly, Sept. 30, 1918.
Engagements:
Offensive: Meuse Argonne.
Defensive Sectors: Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine); Gerardmer (Alsace).
Private Carl A. Engen
Astoria [sic], ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 6th Field Artillery Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Division
Pvt. Amund Nordby
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Medical Detachment, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry
Discharged at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on Aug. 31, 1919, as a Private.
Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Nurse Sophia Ellen Morrison
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Base Hospital, Camp Devens, Mass.
Relieved from active duty on Jan. 31, 1919, as an Army Nurse.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Private Henry Ole Magenton
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 110th Infantry
Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2054 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Pvt. Walter H. Fry
Columbus, ND
Pvt. Theodore L. Braaflat
Plaza, ND
