State Heroes

Cpl. Irwin Elmer Gainer

World War I

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.

Willie Willprecht

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 25

Died of Pneumonia on October 7, 1918 at Camp Grant Illinois.

Buried Lidgerwood, Richland County, North Dakota.

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

PFC Louis T. Grovum

World War I

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.

Joseph Prchal

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 40th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 23

Died of bronchial pneumonia on Oct. 7, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 3, page 2603 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Hjalmar Algot Lindberg

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

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

Died of pnuemonia on Oct. 7, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 3, page 1903 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Cpl. Stanford Amick Myers

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 30

Killed in action on Oct. 7, 1918.

Buried, Grave 35, Row 10, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

LDSQMA Edward Faunce Chase

World War I

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Dunwoody Naval Training School

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

Died of pneumonia at Minneapolis, Minn., on Oct. 7, 1918.

Buried at Jamestown, N. Dak.

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

Nick Angel Martinson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery B, 14th Battalion, 5th Regiment Field Artillery Replacement Depot

Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 20

Died of pneumonia, at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., on Oct. 6, 1918.

Buried at Lidgerwood, N. Dak.

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

Edward C. Hooey

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

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

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

Buried at Fairdale, N. Dak.

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

Pvt. Virgil Fredrick

World War I

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.

Oliver Mitchel Omlie

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 42nd Company, 11th Battalion, 160th Depot Brigade

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

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

Burial, Grafton, N. Dak.