State Heroes

PFC Ralph Armijo Bergan

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 322nd Aero Squadron

Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 25

Died at Urbana, Ill., on Oct. 10, 1918.

Buried at Valley City, 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.

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.

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.

Fred W. Skubinna

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

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

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

Buried, Churchtown, N. Dak.

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

Jacob Jake Unruh

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 33rd Company, 161st Depot Brigade

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

Died at Camp Grant, Ill., on Oct. 10, 1918.

Buried, Mercer county.

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

Pvt.1st Class Arthur Eugene Shaw

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

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

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

Buried in Grave 8, Row 37, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Maurice Verschelde

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Ambulance Company No. 350, 313th Sanitary Train

Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 27

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 10, 1918.

Buried, Grave 25, Row 25, Block G, 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.

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.

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.

Pvt. Ignace Kushnir

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 164th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 27

Killed in action on Oct. 9, 1918.

Buried, Grave 8, Row 29, Block G, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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.

Cpl. John Alexander Bonnett

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 25

Killed in action on Oct. 9, 1918.

Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 12, 1921, and consigned to Mrs. Isabelle Howelsen, Grand Forks, N. Dak. Buried at Memorial Park Cemetery. Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, North Dakota.