State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
1918
Pvt. Garrett Hobart Jones
Bantry, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 335th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 22
Died at Vauclaire, France, of broncho pneumonia, on Oct. 12, 1918.
Buried at Vauclaire, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Sam Alfred Haugstad
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery F, 2nd Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 31
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 12, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1279 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Pvt. Burnis William Hollister
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 326th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Division
Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 28
Killed in action on Oct. 12, 1918.
Buried in Grave 18, Row 32, 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
George Nelson
Marseilles, IL
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 128th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on Oct. 12, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2293 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Charles Schwerdler
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery F, 40th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 30
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 12, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 2895 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
August Bertsch
Wessington, SD
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 31st Company, 8th Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 12, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 1, page 270 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Charles Hugh Boyle
Marinette, WI
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 5th Personnel Office, 163rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 31
Died of pneumonia at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on Oct. 12, 1918.
Buried at Marinette, Wis.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Clyde Earl Wortman
Hixton, WI
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 313th Military Police
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 11, 1918.
Buried, Grave 10, Row 22, Block H, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.