State Heroes

Pvt. John S. Bannister

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 164th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 22

Killed in action, Meuse-Argonne, Oct. 10, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 17, 1921, and buried in Highland Cemetery, Jamestown, N. Dak.

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

Wagoner Ray Earl Vessey

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 339th Machine Gun Battalion

Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 26

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 10, 1918.

Buried, Grave 29, 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.

William Arthur Rasmusen

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 28

Died of pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 10, 1918.

Buried at Fargo, N. Dak.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as William A Rasmussen.

Albert Nansen Olson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery C, 42nd Field Artillery

Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 22

Died of pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 10, 1918.

Buried at Dazey, N. Dak.

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

Pvt.1st Class Ernest Julius Alfred Erickson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 361st Infantry

Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 29

Killed in action in Argonne Forest, on Oct. 10, 1918.

Buried, Wilton, N. Dak.

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

Pvt. Boyd Eagleson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division

Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 23

Died on Oct. 10, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried in Grave 19, Row 19, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Walter B. Brown

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 164th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 22

Killed in action on Oct. 10, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 10, 1921, and buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Brainerd, Minn.

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

Pvt. James Andrew Conery

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery B, 127th Field Artillery

Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 23

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 10, 1918.

Buried in France; remains returned to U. S. on Nov. 18, 1920, and buried in Lakeside Cemetery, Graceville, Minn.

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

Sgt. Ross Reuben Chapman

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 30th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 21

Killed in action at Meuse-Argonne, on Oct. 10, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S., Sept. 7, 1921, and buried at Hanover, Ill.

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

John Batsch

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 10th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 26

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 10, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 1, page 195 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

RSM Gilbert Sessions Furness

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters, 1st Brigade, Field Artillery Replacement Draft

Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 20

Died of broncho pneumonia, at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., on Oct. 9, 1918.

Buried at Mandan, N. Dak.

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

Preston George McGarry

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: School for Bakers and Cooks, Camp Custer, Mich.

Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 24

Died of pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 9, 1918.

Buried at Willow City, N. Dak.

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

Gunnar Haugan

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery C, 36th Artillery, Coast Artillery Corps

Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 21

Died of pneumonia, at Fort Barrancas, Fla., on Oct. 9, 1918.

Buried at Galesburg, N. Dak.

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

Cook Milfred Harry Owen

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 22

Died at Camp Custer, Mich., of pneumonia, Oct. 9, 1918.

Buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Lisbon, N. Dak.

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

Pvt. Archie LeRoy Gilmore

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 164th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 22

Killed in action, Oct. 9, 1918.

Buried, Grave 37, Row 23, Block A, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.