State Heroes

Fred James Roach

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 339th Machine Gun Battalion

Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 31

Died of pneumonia at Grange La Ville, France, on Oct. 6, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. May 31, 1921, and buried at Lisbon, N. Dak.

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

Pvt. Percy George Carter

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 317th Field Signal Battalion

Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 25

Died of lobar pneumonia at Base Hospital No. 53, France, on Oct. 6, 1918.

Buried, Cemetery No. 13, Grave No. 121, Langres, France. Remains returned to U. S. on May 13, 1921, and buried at Sheldon, N. Dak.

Aslak Vettrus

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 34th Company, 161st Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 24

Died of pneumonia at Camp Grant, Ill., on Oct. 6, 1918.

Buried, Rolette, N. Dak.

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

Robert Herman Karstens

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 53rd Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 21

Died of influenza, on Oct. 6, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 2, page 1630 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Joseph Schettle

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 352nd Infantry

Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 25

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 6, 1918.

Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 31, 1921, and buried in Lutheran Cemetery, Grant township, Kidder county, N. Dak.

Pvt.1st Class John Cretus Baar

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 164th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 22

Killed in action on Oct. 6, 1918.

Buried in Grave 40, Row 25, Block F, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Henry James Colgrove

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 33rd Company, 161st Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 24

Died of pneumonia at Camp Grant, Ill., on Oct. 6, 1918.

Buried at Dickinson, N. Dak.

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

Curtis Allison

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 33rd Company, 161st Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 21

Died of pneumonia at Camp Grant, Ill., on Oct. 5, 1918.

Buried, Golden Valley, N. Dak.

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

John Nelson Stearns

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 14th Company, Military Truck Division, Machine Gun Training Center

Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 31

Died of influenza on Oct. 5, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 4, page 3080 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

PFC Harry Ebenholt Nypen

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 362nd Infantry

Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 24

Died of wounds received in action, on Oct. 5, 1918.

Buried at Fleury-sur-Aire, Meuse, France.

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

Reuben Alfred Hartman

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 161st Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 22

Died of influenza at Camp Hancock, Ga., on Oct. 5, 1918.

Buried, Turtle Lake, N. Dak.

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

Carl Edwin Rogen

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 164th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 26

Killed in action, on Oct. 5, 1918.

Buried, Grave 16, Row 12, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Carl Fristad

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 5th Training Regiment, 161st Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 24

Died of pneumonia at Camp Grant, Ill., on Oct. 5, 1918.

Buried at Harmon, N. Dak.

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

Sgt. Russell E. Davis

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 164th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 19

Died of diphtheria at Base Hospital No. 66, Neufchateau, France, on Oct. 5, 1918.

Buried at Neufchateau, France. Remains returned to U. S. on Dec. 16, 1921, and consigned to Mirr M. Shannon, Grafton, N. Dak. (place of burial not given).

Thor Thorvalsen

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 161st Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 24

Died on pneumonia on Oct. 5, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 4, page 3243 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.