State Heroes

PFC Louis T. Grovum

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 34

Died on Oct. 7, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried, Grave 13, Row 11, Block N, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meaurthe-et-Moselle, France.

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

Cpl. Irwin Elmer Gainer

Neche, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 24

Died on Oct. 7, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried in France. Reburied at Hydepark, Pembina county, N. Dak.

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

August Havervold

Schafer, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 14th Trench Mortar Battery

Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 26

Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 7, 1918.

Buried at Schafer, N. Dak.

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

John Tillett

Bathgate, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 23rd Infantry

Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 24

Died on Oct. 7, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried, Grave 3, Row 23, Block H, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Lars Helgeson Opedal

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

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

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 3, page 2442 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Ernest William Hartmann

New Salem, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 22

Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 7, 1918.

Buried at New Salem, N. Dak.

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

Olaf Dybdal

McLeod, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 139th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 28

Died, Oct. 7, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried, Grave 157, Row 12, Block 4, Argonne-American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France. Reburied, McLeod, N. Dak.

Pvt. Virgil Fredrick

Fargo, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 307th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 26

Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 6, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 2, page 976 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Wagoner Henry Edward Lanhart

Alexander, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Supply Company, 77th Infantry

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

Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 6, 1918.

Buried at Alexander, N. Dak.

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

Fritchjof Hagboe

Barton, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 22nd Company, Machine Gun Training Center

Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 26

Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 6, 1918.

Buried at Barton Zion Lutheran Cemetery

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

Otto Berglund

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, Development Battalion No. 2

Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 29

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 6, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 1, page 258 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

George F. Haider

St. Anthony, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company No. 1

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 77th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 26

Died of the Spanish Flu of October 6, 1918.

Information found in Volume 2, page 1177 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Pvt. William Borgen

Hannah, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 23rd Infantry

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

Killed in action on Oct. 6, 1918.

Buried in Grave 24, Section 97, Plot 1, Argonne-American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France. Remains returned to U. S. Sept. 12, 1921, and buried in Hannah Cemetery, Hannah, N. Dak.

John Larsen

Beach, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

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

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

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 6, 1918.

Buried, Beach, N. Dak.

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

Fred James Roach

Lisbon, ND

World War I (WWI)

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.