State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
Jacob P. Kleinsasser
Max, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 313th Ammunition Train
Date of Loss: October 14, 1918 / Age: 27
Died in France, Oct. 14, 1918.
Buried in French-American Military Cemetery, France. Reburied in Lutheran Cemetery, Max, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Albert Benedict Ries
Jamestown, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 10th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 14, 1918 / Age: 21
Died at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 14, 1918.
Buried at Jamestown, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Cpl. Elmer F. Rushfeldt
De Groat, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 137th Machine Gun Battalion
Date of Loss: October 14, 1918 / Age: 28
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 14, 1918.
Buried at sea.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Arthur N. Gorder
Carbury, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 125th Field Artillery Regiment, 34th Division
Date of Loss: October 14, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia at Liverpool, England, on Oct. 14, 1918.
Buried, Grave 6, Row 2, Block D, Brookwood American Cemetery, Brookwood, England.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Harry Schwind
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 128th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 14, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Oct. 14, 1918.
Buried, Grave 1, Row 41, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Fireman 3c Floyd Albert Cooper
Leith, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Mercy
Date of Loss: October 14, 1918 / Age: 19
Died at Yorktown, Va., on Oct. 14, 1918.
Buried, Leith, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Henry C. Roder
Anamoose, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 10th Detachment, Administration Labor Company
Date of Loss: October 14, 1918 / Age: 28
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 14, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. and buried at Anamoose, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
William Jasmer
Hankinson, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Supply Company, 77th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 24
Died at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 13, 1918.
Buried at Lutheran cemetery, Hankinson, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Cpl. Adolph Nelson
Bancroft, IA
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 1st Infantry Replacement and Training Regiment
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 28
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Pike, Ark., on Oct. 13, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Seaman 2c George Arlington Hill
Ardoch, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Naval Training Station, Seattle, Wash.
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of pneumonia at Seattle, Wash., on Oct. 13, 1918.
Buried at Ardoch, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Pvt. Roy McKinley Basford
Troy, SD
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 128th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 21
Killed in action in battle of Argonne, on Oct. 13, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 3, 1921, and buried in Grave 2736, European Section, Arlington National Cemetery, Va.
George Conrad Julesberg
Tagus, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Supple Company, 77th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of bronchial pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 13, 1918.
Buried at Tagus, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Sgt. John Richard Roache
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company No. 6, 2nd Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 13, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 2715 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Cpl. Gus J. Ritschel
White Sulphur Springs, MT
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 313th Engineers
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 29
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 13, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. May 31, 1921, and buried in Grave 1648, European Section, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
Clarence Edwin Hesgard
Buxton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company No. 35, 9th Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on Oct. 13, 1918.
Buried at Buxton, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.