State Heroes

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.

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.

Stanislys Kobelanski

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 24

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 9, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 2, page 1718 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Clarence Thomas Butler

Newry, MN

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 132nd Infantry

Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 31

Killed in action on Oct. 9, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. Sept. 12, 1921, and buried at Newry, Minn.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Clarence A Butler.

Pvt.1st Class Orville Peter Kilroy

Porterville, CA

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 164th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 39

Killed in action at Argonne Forest, France, on Oct. 9, 1918.

Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 9, 1921, and buried in Catholic Cemetery, Porterville, Calif.

Bernt Helmer Sund

Wendell, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 128th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 27

Died, Oct. 9, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 15, 1921, and buried in Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Wendell, Minn.

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

Bernard Hagen

Park River, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 78th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 25

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 9, 1918.

Sigurbjorn Davidson

Gardar, ND

World War I (WWI)

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.

Jacob A. Sackman

Turtle Lake, ND

World War I (WWI)

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.

Emil T. Dunham

Erhards Grove, MN

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 43rd Company, 161st Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 25

Died of pneumonia, at Camp Grant, Ill., on Oct. 8, 1918.

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

George John Erickstad

Grafton, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 21

Died of pneumonia, at Camp Grant, Ill., on Oct. 8, 1918.

Buried at Grafton, N. Dak.