State Heroes

Cpl. Bernhard Nelson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 61st Infantry

Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 23

Killed in action on Oct. 12, 1918.

Buried, Grave 36, Row 9, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Harry Eugene Lahman

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 338th Machine Gun Battalion

Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 24

Killed in action on Oct. 12, 1918.

Buried in Grave 35, Row 23, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Clarence Henry Fjerstad

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 118th Engineers

Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 26

Died of pneumonia, at Bellecreek, Minn., on Oct. 12, 1918.

Buried at Cannon Falls, Minn.

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

Rasmus Rasmussen Skriver

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 23rd Infantry

Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 26

Died, Oct. 12, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried, Grave 25, Row 10, Block A, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.

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

Ralph Mann

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 308th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 28

Killed in action on Oct. 12, 1918.

Buried at Verdun, France.

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

Robert Kurtz

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Air Service

Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 22

Died of pneumonia at Fort Wayne, Mich., on Oct. 12, 1918.

Buried at Kulm, N. Dak.

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

Pvt. Louis Christian Jensen

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 14th Company, Camp A. A. Humphreys September Automatic Replacement Draft

Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 41

Died at Brest, France, of broncho pneumonia, on Oct. 12, 1918.

Buried, Grave 8, Row 30, Block D, Oise-Aisne American Cemtery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.

Edwin T Aas

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 14th Ammunition Train

Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 25

Died of bronchial pneumonia, on Oct. 12, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 1, page 9 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

George Nelson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 23

Killed in action on Oct. 12, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 3, page 2293 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

August Bertsch

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 31st Company, 8th Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 23

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 12, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 1, page 270 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Charles Schwerdler

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 30

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 12, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 4, page 2895 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

George G. Cook

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 77th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 23

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 11, 1918.

Buried at Cando, N. Dak.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as George C Cook.

Pvt. Herbert A. Rahn

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 164th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 18

Died of pneumonia at Grand Forks, N. Dak., on Oct. 11, 1918.

Buried at Cavalier, N. Dak., on Oct. 12, 1918.