State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Pvt. Archie LeRoy Gilmore
Hartley, IA
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action, Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried, Grave 37, Row 23, Block A, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
RSM Gilbert Sessions Furness
Mandan, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters, 1st Brigade, Field Artillery Replacement Draft
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 20
Died of broncho pneumonia, at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried at Mandan, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Preston George McGarry
Willow City, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: School for Bakers and Cooks, Camp Custer, Mich.
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried at Willow City, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Gunnar Haugan
Galesburg, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery C, 36th Artillery, Coast Artillery Corps
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 21
Died of pneumonia, at Fort Barrancas, Fla., on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried at Galesburg, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Verner J. Warner
Redwood Falls, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 125th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried, Grave 7, Row 24, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Oscar Engval Rustad
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company No. 2, 1st Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 26
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 2790 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Cook Milfred Harry Owen
Lisbon, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 41st Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 22
Died at Camp Custer, Mich., of pneumonia, Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Lisbon, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
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
William Timm
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 53rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 8, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 3251 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
William H. Cameron
Glasston, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 77th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 8, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 1, page 484 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Bert M. Johnson
Penn, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 308th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action, at Argonne Forest on Oct. 8, 1918.
Buried in Grave 3, Section 94, Plot No. 1, Argonne-American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Cpl. Theodore Albert Oukrop
Dickinson, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 18
Killed in action on Oct. 8, 1918.
Grave unlocated.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Charles Forsman
Chicago, IL
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Oct. 8, 1918.
Buried in France. Body returned to Chicago, Ill., on Oct. 8, 1921. Place of burial unknown.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Charles Formans.