State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Alphonse Leo Larson
Calvin, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery D, 337th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 24, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia, Oct. 24, 1918, at Clermont, Ferrand, France.
Remains returned to U. S. on May 31, 1921, and buried at Calvin, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Thorsten Emanual Nikkila
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 140th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 24, 1918 / Age: 27
Died on Oct. 24, 1918, of disease.
Buried, Grave 32, Row 12, Block A, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Elvin Erickson Nyhus
Hatton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 37th Battalion, US Guards, The Presidio
Date of Loss: October 24, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia at The Presidio, San Francisco, Calif., on Oct. 24, 1918.
Buried at Hatton, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Ingvald Pederson
Woonan Divide [sic] (possibly Noonan, Divide County), ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 313th Supply Trains, 88th Division
Date of Loss: October 24, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pericarditis on Oct. 24, 1918.
Buried, Grave 15, Row 8, Block F, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Edwin Clarence Qually
Adams, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 357th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 24, 1918 / Age: 29
Killed in action at Argonne, on Oct. 24, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 19, 1921, and buried at Adams, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Sidney Birch Stephens
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 24, 1918 / Age: 32
Died of broncho pneumonia on Oct. 24, 1918.
Buried, Grave 37, Row 41, Block D, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Bugler Charles Martin Root
Mendon, MI
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 37th Battalion, US Guards, The Presidio of San Francisco, Calif.
Date of Loss: October 24, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 24, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 2753 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
William E Brown
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 3rd Company, Veterinary Training School
Date of Loss: October 24, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of pneumonia, at Lodi, Wis., on Oct. 24, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Arthur Korsmo
Fargo, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 137th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 23, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of cerebro spinal meningitis, at Turleville, France, on Oct. 23, 1918.
Buried at Turleville, France; remains returned to U. S. on July 19, 1921, and buried in Riverside Cemetery, Fargo, N. Dak.
1918
Wagoner Frank M. Kain
Oberon, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 127th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Division
Date of Loss: October 23, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 23, 1918.
Buried, Grave 14, Row 28, 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
Theodor B. Tonneson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Ambulance Company No. 352, 313th Sanitary Train, Medical Department
Date of Loss: October 23, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 23, 1918.
Buried, Grave 16, Row 45, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Clair Edward Mead
Valley City, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 118th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 23, 1918 / Age: 26
Died, Oct. 23, 1918, at Surrey, England, of wounds received in action.
Remains returned to U. S. on June 2, 1920, and buried at Valley City, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Walter Norman Donaldson
Big Bend, WI
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 210th Engineers
Date of Loss: October 23, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia, at Fort Riley, Kans., on Oct. 23, 1918.
Buried at Big Bend, Wis.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Cpl. William T. Henry
Grand Forks, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 329th Aero Service Squadron
Date of Loss: October 23, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of disease at Salisbury Plains, England, on Oct. 23, 1918.
Buried, Grave 12, Row 5, Block C, Brookwood American Cemetery, Brookwood, England.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Wagoner Herbert Francis Stroberger
Faribault, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 12th Machine Gun Battalion
Date of Loss: October 23, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of broncho pneumonia, on Oct. 23, 1918.
Buried, Grave 12, Row 3, 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
Private Robert Carroll Thompson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 339th Field Artillery Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 88th Division
Date of Loss: October 23, 1918 / Age: 26