State Heroes
World War I
Jacob A. Sackman
Turtle Lake, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Supply Company, 78th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 8, 1918.
Buried at Turtle Lake, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Sigurbjorn Davidson
Gardar, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 34th Company, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 21
Died at Camp Grant, Ill., on Oct. 8, 1918.
Buried at Gardar, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Pembina county.
Pvt.1st Class Charles Forsman
Chicago, ILWorld War I
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.
Frank Nieman
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 34th Company,161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 7, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2334 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
George Casper Enge
Shuman, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 5th Limited Service Regiment
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Grant, Ill., on Oct. 7, 1918.
Buried in Concordia Cemetery, Shuman township, Sargent county. N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Bruno Max Czarnetzki
Breckenridge, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Training Group No. 2, 24th Company, Machine Gun Training Corps
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 31
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 7, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 1, page 653 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Carl Henry Ford
Zion, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 34th Company, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 21
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Grant, Ill., on Oct. 7, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
John Klukas
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 78th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 29
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 7, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1699 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
James Henry Priest
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 5th Limited Service Training Regiment
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 30
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 7, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2609 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Jake Sommerville
Bowden, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Supply Company, 42nd Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 7, 1918, at Camp Custer, Mich.
Buried, Bowdon, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Jake Somervill.
Lavern James Thompson
Cavalier, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 20
Killed in action on Oct. 7, 1918.
Buried in France. Reburied, Cavalier, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
John Herdt
Max, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 53rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 25
Died at Augusta, Ga., on Oct. 7, 1918.
Buried at Max, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Arthur Oldmouse
Elbowoods, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company No. 22, September Automatic Replacement Draft
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 29
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 7, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 12, 1920, and buried at Elbowoods, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Oscar Westby
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 12th Company, 3rd Battalion, 160th Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 7, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 3434 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Cpl. George Murdock Bissett
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 58th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 29
Killed in action at Argonne, France, on Oct. 7, 1918.
Buried in Grave 16, Row 5, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.