State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Walter B. Brown
Brainerd, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on Oct. 10, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 10, 1921, and buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Brainerd, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Johannes Frederick Jagd
Valley City, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery B, 42nd Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 29
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried at Valley City, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
John Batsch
Cleveland, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 10th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 10, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 1, page 195 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Maurice Verschelde
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Ambulance Company No. 350, 313th Sanitary Train
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 27
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried, Grave 25, Row 25, Block G, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Fred W. Skubinna
Churchtown, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Supply Company
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 41st Field Artillery Regiment
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 10, 1918, at Camp Custer, Mich.
Buried, Churchtown, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Jacob Jake Unruh
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 33rd Company, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 21
Died at Camp Grant, Ill., on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried, Mercer county.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Arthur Eugene Shaw
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action at Argonne Forest, Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried in Grave 8, Row 37, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Richard Jonathon Carlson
Derrick, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 352nd Infantry
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 10, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on June 6, 1921, and consigned to P. T. Carlson, Parkers Prairie, Minn. (place of burial not given).
1918
John William Kendrew
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 42nd Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 10, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1655 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
George Swiggum
Hilendal, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 77th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 27
Died of pneumonia, Oct. 9, 1918, at Base Hospital, Camp Custer Mich.
Buried in Hilendal Cemetery, Hilendal township, Richland county, North Dakota.
1918
Edward William Werle
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 14th Ammunition Train
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 31
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 9, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 3429 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Christian Martin Festvog
Landa, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company No. 1, Fort Leavenworth September Automatic Replacement Draft
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of pneumonia, at St. Nazaire, France, on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried in Base Cemetery 21, Grave 754, Plot G. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 22, 1920, and buried at Landa, N. Dak.
1918
Cpl. George Thomas Christensen
Flaxton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Motor Truck Company No. 471, 418th Motor Supply Train
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 21
Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 9, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. May 31, 1921, and buried at Flaxton, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Clarence Patrick Roan
Portal, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery D, 5th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 19
Died on Oct. 9, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried in Grave 150, Section 18, Block 3, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France. Reburied at Portal, N. Dak.
1918
PFC Frank Jabez Piper
Ashley, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Evacuation Hospital No. 10
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 31
Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. Aug. 8, 1921, and buried at Ashley, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
PFC William F. Leisner
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 339th Machine Gun Battalion
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried, Grave 28, Row 24, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemeter, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.