State Heroes

Joseph J. Oien

Boyd, MN

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 16, 1918 / Age: 22

Died on Oct. 16, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried, Grave 37, Row 9, Block B, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

AMM1 Nels Edward Henderson

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Naval Air Station, Rockaway Beach

Date of Loss: October 16, 1918 / Age: 23

Died at Rockaway Beach, L. I., N. Y., on Oct. 16, 1918.

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

Harry Pederson

Rutland, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 16, 1918 / Age: 24

Died of pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 16, 1918.

Buried at Rutland, N. Dak.

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

Gustave John Pelvit

Breckenridge, MN

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 305th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 16, 1918 / Age: 24

Died on Oct. 16, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried in France; remains returned to U. S. on July 25, 1921, and buried in Riverside Cemetery, Breckenridge, Minn.

Harold George Peck

Roy, SD

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 113th Supply Train

Date of Loss: October 16, 1918 / Age: 28

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 16, 1918.

Buried at sea.

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

Pvt. Edwin Jacob Christensen

Wilton, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 313th Ammunition Train

Date of Loss: October 16, 1918 / Age: 22

Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 16, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. Oct. 31, 1921, and buried in Grave 3809, European Section, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.

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

Emil Matejcek

Sheldon, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery C, 41st Field Artillery

Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 25

Died of broncho pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 15, 1918.

Buried at Sheldon, N. Dak.

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

Charles L. Foy

Langdon, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 13th Company, 4th Battalion, 160th Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 26

Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 15, 1918.

Buried at Langdon, N. Dak.

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

Maldor Hansen

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 4th Company, 1st Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 25

Died on pneumonia on Oct. 15, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 2, page 1218 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Pvt.1st Class Joseph Charwatt

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 325th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Division

Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 28

Died on Oct. 15, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried, Grave- 4, Row 24, Block B, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Cpl. Arthur Beemer Stewart

Minneapolis, MN

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 350th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 25

Died of pneumonia at Herricourt, France, on Oct. 15, 1918.

Buried, Grave 32, Row 28, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Seward Olson

Vang, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 25

Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 15, 1918.

Buried at Vang, N. Dak.

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

Pvt.1st Class Thomas H. Christoffersen

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 326th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 38

Killed in action Oct. 15, 1918, at St. Juvin, France.

Buried, Grave 34, Row 18, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Pvt.1st Class Thomas H. Christofferson

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 326th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Division

Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age:

Emil J. Novotny

Pisek, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 40th Field Artillery

Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 24

Died of pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 15, 1918.

Buried at Pisek, N. Dak.