State Heroes

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.

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.

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.

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.

George Texel

Ross, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 210th Engineers

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

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 17, 1918, at Camp Funston, Kans.

Buried, Ross, N. Dak.

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

John A. Smestad

Hatton, 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: 30

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 17, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 4, page 2996 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Byron H. West

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 15th Service Company, Signal Corps, Casual Detachment

Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age: 20

Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 17, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. Sept. 3, 1920, and buried in Grave 432, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.

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

Archie C. Fortin

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: 29

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 17, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 2, page 955 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Gilbert Oli Myrvik

Milton, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 352nd Infantry

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

Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 17, 1918.

Buried in Grave 23, Row 46, Block D, Argonne-American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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.

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.

John Wesley Williams

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 307th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 16, 1918 / Age: 27

Killed in action on Oct. 16, 1918.

Buried, Grave 26, Row 15, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Joseph J. Oien

Boyd, MN

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 139th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 16, 1918 / Age: 22

Died on Oct. 16, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried, Grave 37, Row 9, Block B, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.