State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Ira Dale Solenberger
Underwood, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 312th Engineers
Date of Loss: January 16, 1918 / Age: 22
Died at Camp Pike, Ark., on Jan. 16, 1918.
Buried, Underwood, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Clyde D. Axtell
Elgin, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery B, 336th Field Artillery
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 336th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: January 10, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of broncho pneumonia, at Camp Pike, Ark., on Jan. 10, 1918.
Buried at Elgin, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. William Johnson
Glover, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: January 09, 1918 / Age: 20
Died of pneumonia, at Winchester, England, on Jan. 9, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. June 14, 1920, and buried in Grave 36, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
1918
Sigval Opdahl
Sheldon, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 348th Infantry
Date of Loss: January 09, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of broncho pneumonia, at Camp Pike, Ark., on Jan. 9, 1918.
Buried at Sheldon, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Seaman 2c Frank Freeburg
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Solace
Date of Loss: January 08, 1918 / Age: 22
Died at Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va., on Jan. 8, 1918, as a Seaman 2nd Class.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
James Lunsden
Pete, WI
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: January 07, 1918 / Age: 17
Died at Winchester, England, of pneumonia, on Jan. 7, 1918.
Buried, Pete, Wis.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as James T Lundsen.
1918
Thomas John Wallace
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 347th Infantry
Date of Loss: January 06, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of parenchymatous nephritis on Jan. 6, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Corporal Cecil Claude Smith
Tunnel City, WI
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D,
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 164th Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: January 04, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of pneumonia, at Noyers, France, on Jan. 4, 1918.
Buried, Grave 27, Row 18, Block C, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All-Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Sgt. Theodore Joseph Valerius
Larimore, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 5th Field Battalion, Signal Corps
Date of Loss: January 04, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of pneumonia at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, on Jan. 4, 1918.
Buried at Larimore, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
1917
Cpl. Fred M. Grube
Auburndale, WI
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 161st Ambulance Company, 116th Sanitary Train
Date of Loss: December 31, 1917 / Age: 25
Died on Dec. 31, 1917.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 13, 1920, and buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Auburndale, Wis.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1917
John Herbert Jones
Wahpeton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: December 27, 1917 / Age: 21
Died of pneumonia, at New York, N. Y., on Dec. 27, 1917.
Buried at Wahpeton, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1917
Nelson A. Burchett
Collins, MO
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company No. 353, 314th Sanitary Train
Date of Loss: December 26, 1917 / Age: 20
Died of pneumonia, at Fort Riley, Kans., on Dec. 26, 1917.
Buried at Collins, Mo.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under McHenry county.
1917
Scott Theodore Bredell
Fargo, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: December 22, 1917 / Age: 19
Died at Hoboken, N. J., on Dec. 22, 1917.
Buried in Riverside Cemetery, Fargo, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Cass county.
1917
Emmet J. McKinney
Edgeley, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: School of Fire Detachment, Field Artillery
Date of Loss: December 19, 1917 / Age: 17
Died of pneumonia, at Fort Sill, Okla., on Dec. 19, 1917.
Buried at Edgeley, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Cass county.
1917
Charles Anderson
Sanger, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery E, 338th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: December 19, 1917 / Age: 25
Died at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on Dec. 19, 1917.
Buried at Sanger, N. Dak.
Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.