State Heroes

Sgt. John Richard Roache

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company No. 6, 2nd Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 25

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 13, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 4, page 2715 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

First Lieutenant Samuel Lee Avis

Jamestown, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Engineers

Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 28

Died at Camp Humphreys, Va., of influenza and pneumonia, on Oct. 12, 1918.

Place of burial, Jamestown, N. Dak.

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