State Heroes
World War I
1918
Albert W. Wallner
New Ulm, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 19
Killed in action on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 1, 1921, and buried in Catholic Cemetery, New Ulm, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Lauren Paul Wirkus
Minto, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 5th Field Battalion, Signal Corps
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried, Grave 26, Row 4, Block H, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Gustav Carlson
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 14th Company, 163rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 28
Died of influenza on Oct. 10, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 1, page 500 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Benjamin H. Stowell
Bemidji, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery E, 41st Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 10, 1918, at Camp Custer, Mich.
Buried, Bemidji, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Wagoner Ray Earl Vessey
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 339th Machine Gun Battalion
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried, Grave 29, 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.
1918
Albert Nansen Olson
Dazey, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery C, 42nd Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried at Dazey, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Johannes Frederick Jagd
Valley City, NDWorld War I
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
Pvt.1st Class Richard Jonathon Carlson
Derrick, NDWorld War I
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 Batsch
Cleveland, NDWorld War I
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
Walter B. Brown
Brainerd, MNWorld War I
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
Vernon Howard Terrill
Fairmount, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 26th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 20
Killed in action on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried in France. Reburied at Fairmount, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Cpl. George Thomas Christensen
Flaxton, NDWorld War I
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
Henry Peterson
Walcott, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 27
Died of pneumonia at Camp Hancock, Ga., on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried at Walcott, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Oscar Engval Rustad
World War I
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
RSM Gilbert Sessions Furness
Mandan, NDWorld War I
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.