State Heroes

Orrin Ezra Lee

Oldham, SD

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery A, 339th Field Artillery

Date of Loss: September 27, 1918 / Age: 22

Died of pneumonia at Clermont, Farrand, France, on Sept. 27, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. and buried in Grave 1619, European Section, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.

Thomas K. Yankoske

Berlin, WI

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 137th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 27, 1918 / Age: 23

Killed in action on Sept. 27, 1918.

Buried, Grave 4, Row 3, Block A, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Frank Leslie Townsend

LaMoure, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 137th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 27, 1918 / Age: 24

Killed in action on Sept. 27, 1918.

Buried, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 19, 1921, and buried at LaMoure, N. Dak.

Irving Helmer Krengel

Elgin, IL

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 138th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 27, 1918 / Age: 27

Killed in action on Sept. 27, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 11, 1921, and buried in Bluff City Cemetery, Elgin, Ill.

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

Private Axel Amundson

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 110th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 28th Division

Date of Loss: September 27, 1918 / Age: 23

Killed in action on Sept. 27, 1918.

Buried, Grave 10, Row 42, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Pvt. William Charles Blair

Marietta, MN

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 363rd Infantry Regiment, 91st Division

Date of Loss: September 27, 1918 / Age: 28

Killed in action on Sept. 27, 1918.

Buried in Grave 11, Row 25, Block H, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Harry Howard Watkins

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 140th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 27, 1918 / Age: 25

Killed in action on Sept. 27, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 29, 1921, and buried Grave 2580, European Section, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.

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

Oliver Nyhus

Hatton, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 357th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 27, 1918 / Age: 28

Died of broncho pneumonia on Sept. 27, 1918.

Buried in Grave 19, Row 12, Block D, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.

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

Alfred Elie Johnson

Frost, MN

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 3rd Pioneer Infantry

Date of Loss: September 27, 1918 / Age: 23

Died of pneumonia, on Sept. 27, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on Dec. 16, 1921, and buried in Emerald Cemetery, Frost, Minn.

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

Cpl. Howard W. Dietrich

South Bend, IN

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 1st Field Artillery Brigade

Date of Loss: September 27, 1918 / Age: 22

Died of pneumonia on Sept. 27, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on June 1, 1921, and buried in Riverview Cemetery, South Bend, Ind.

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

Cpl. Einar Brateng

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 39th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 27, 1918 / Age: 26

Killed in action on Sept. 27, 1918.

Buried, Grave 18, Row 25, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Pvt. John George Kienenberger

Bierma [sic], ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 138th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division

Date of Loss: September 27, 1918 / Age: 30

Killed in action on Sept. 27, 1918.

Grave unlocated. Missing in Action or Buried at Sea. Tablets of the Missing at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Pvt. John R. Holdaas

Bottineau, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 140th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 29

Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.

Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 8, 1921, and buried at Bottineau, N. Dak.

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

William Albert Milkey

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 140th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 22

Killed in action in Meuse-Argonne, on Sept. 26, 1918.

Buried in Grave 24, Row 25, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Pvt. William M. Byers

Bradley [sic], ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 138th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division

Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 30

Died on Sept. 26, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried, Grave 27, Row 41, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.