State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
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.
1918
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.
1918
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.
1918
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.
1918
Corporal Henry Hafener
Mooreton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 77th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of broncho pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 13, 1918.
Buried at Mooreton, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Henry Hafner.
1918
Pvt. Ingvald Gjertson
Wolford, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 137th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 25
Died on Oct. 13, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried in American Cemetery, Bozoilles, Vosges, France. Remains returned to Norway, and consigned to Mrs. Arma Rosindrson Gjertson, Raranger, Norway. (place of burial not given).
1918
Harry Eugene Lahman
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 338th Machine Gun Battalion
Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Oct. 12, 1918.
Buried in Grave 35, Row 23, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Clarence Henry Fjerstad
Cannon Falls, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 118th Engineers
Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia, at Bellecreek, Minn., on Oct. 12, 1918.
Buried at Cannon Falls, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Eddy county.
1918
Edwin T Aas
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 14th Ammunition Train
Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of bronchial pneumonia, on Oct. 12, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 1, page 9 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Rasmus Rasmussen Skriver
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 23rd Infantry
Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 26
Died, Oct. 12, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 25, Row 10, Block A, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Ralph Mann
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 308th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 28
Killed in action on Oct. 12, 1918.
Buried at Verdun, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Robert Kurtz
Kulm, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Air Service
Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia at Fort Wayne, Mich., on Oct. 12, 1918.
Buried at Kulm, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Ole Langehaug
Bottineau, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 128th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action, on Oct. 12, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 16, 1921, and buried in Nordlands Cemetery, Bottineau, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Cass county.
1918
Pvt. Louis Christian Jensen
Ryder, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 14th Company, Camp A. A. Humphreys September Automatic Replacement Draft
Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 41
Died at Brest, France, of broncho pneumonia, on Oct. 12, 1918.
Buried, Grave 8, Row 30, Block D, Oise-Aisne American Cemtery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
1918
Horace Mann Jones Jr.
Fargo, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Medical Department
Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 18
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 12, 1918.
Buried at Fargo, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Cpl. Edwin P. J. Hagen
Seattle, WA
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 327th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Oct. 12, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. Oct. 19, 1921, and buried in Evergreen Memorial Park, Seattle, Wash.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.