State Heroes

Arthur Lyson

Hankinson, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 24

Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918.

Buried in Grave 17, Row 41, Block G, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Pvt. Hans Hogie

Binford, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 140th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 28

Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918.

Buried in Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 12, 1921, and buried at Binford, N. Dak.

Harry Herman Zuelich

Carver, MN

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 139th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 22

Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918.

Buried, Grave 3, Row 20, Block A, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

John Peter Reger

Page, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 137th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 24

Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on July 25, 1921, and buried in Catholic Cemetery, Page, N. Dak.

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

Pvt. Olaf Knutson

Hatton, ND

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 58th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division

Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age:

Killed in action.

Valentine Schneider

Rugby, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 21

Killed in Action on Sept. 28, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 12, 1921, and buried at Rugby, N. Dak. Buried at Little Flower Cemetery.

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

Otto Leysring

Windsor, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 137th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 25

Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918, at Argonne Forest.

Buried, Grave 37, Row 30, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Sebastian Mischel

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 111th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 22

Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918.

Buried in Grave 31, Row 17, Block H, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Thomas Witchic

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 22

Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918.

Buried, Grave 8, Row 6, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Private Stephen Abel Babcock

Ludden, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 137th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 35th Division

Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 29

Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918.

Buried, Grave 38, Row 7, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Cpl. Howard W. Dietrich

South Bend, IN

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 1st Field Artillery Brigade

Date of Loss: September 27, 1918 / Age: 22

Died of pneumonia on Sept. 27, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on June 1, 1921, and buried in Riverview Cemetery, South Bend, Ind.

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

Harry Howard Watkins

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 140th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 27, 1918 / Age: 25

Killed in action on Sept. 27, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 29, 1921, and buried Grave 2580, European Section, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.

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

Oliver Nyhus

Hatton, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 357th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 27, 1918 / Age: 28

Died of broncho pneumonia on Sept. 27, 1918.

Buried in Grave 19, Row 12, Block D, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.

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

Alfred Elie Johnson

Frost, MN

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 3rd Pioneer Infantry

Date of Loss: September 27, 1918 / Age: 23

Died of pneumonia, on Sept. 27, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on Dec. 16, 1921, and buried in Emerald Cemetery, Frost, Minn.

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

Cpl. Einar Brateng

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 39th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 27, 1918 / Age: 26

Killed in action on Sept. 27, 1918.

Buried, Grave 18, Row 25, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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