State Heroes

Cpl. William F. Thiele

Chicago, IL

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 11th Company, 3rd Battalion, 160th Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: October 18, 1918 / Age: 31

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 18, 1918.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Information found in Volume 4, page 3205 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Michael Holsbrekken

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 20th Battalion, US Guards

Date of Loss: October 18, 1918 / Age: 25

Died on Oct. 18, 1918.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Information found in Volume 2, page 1400 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Arthur Walter Peterson

Lucy Township, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 78th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 18, 1918 / Age: 23

Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 18, 1918, at Camp Custer, Mich.

Buried, Lucy Township, Burke county, N. Dak.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Arthur Edwin Erickson

Bowman, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 40th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 18, 1918 / Age: 22

Died of pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 18, 1918.

Buried at Bowman, N. Dak.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Alfred Melvin Peterson

Ambrose, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, Depot Battalion No. 1

Date of Loss: October 18, 1918 / Age: 26

Died of pneumonia, at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on Oct. 18, 1918.

Buried at Ambrose, N. Dak.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Christ Sorlee

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Supply Company, 78th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 18, 1918 / Age: 26

Died of pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 18, 1918.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Pvt. Eugene Victor Evans

Mott, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 313th Ammunition Trains, 88th Division

Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age: 23

Died of pneumonia, at Herricourt, France, on Oct. 17, 1918.

Buried, Grave 6, Row 5, Block F, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Fremont Wesley Rice

Ruthven, IA

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 137th Field Artillery

Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age: 22

Died of pneumonia, Oct. 17, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. Aug. 30, 1920, and buried in Grave 348, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Vivian James Olmstead

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery A, 42nd Field Artillery

Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age: 23

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 17, 1918.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Information found in Volume 3, page 2395 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Walter Gustav Daschner

Hunter, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery D, 40th Field Artillery

Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age: 22

Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 17, 1918.

Buried at Hunter, N. Dak.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

John P. Lacher

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 128th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age: 23

Killed in action on Oct. 17, 1918.

Buried in France. Grave unlocated.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

John Fred Thielmann

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 5th Limited Service Regiment

Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age: 23

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 17, 1918.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as John F Thieland.

Charles Arthur Howard

Hope, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery F, 41st Field Artillery

Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age: 28

Died of broncho pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 17, 1918.

Buried at Hope, N. Dak.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Pvt. Fred Kelle

Napoleon, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 128th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Division

Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age: 24

Killed in action on Oct. 17, 1918.

Buried in Grave No. 27, Row 37, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Private Hans Adolph Anderson

Clarion, IA

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 111th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 28th Division

Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age: 26

Killed in action on Oct. 17, 1918.

Buried, Grave 18, Row 32, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Private Friedrich F. Marzolf

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps UND Grand Forks ND

Date of Loss: October 18, 1918 / Age: 22

Died while serving as a member of the Student Army Training Corps on the UND campus in Grand Forks during the 1918 flu pandemic. Name included on the UND S.A.T.C. website

Buried at Kramer Cemetery, Bottineau County, North Dakota.