State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Thomas K. Yankoske
Berlin, WI
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 137th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 27, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on Sept. 27, 1918.
Buried, Grave 4, Row 3, Block A, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Frank Leslie Townsend
LaMoure, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 137th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 27, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Sept. 27, 1918.
Buried, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 19, 1921, and buried at LaMoure, N. Dak.
1918
Pvt. William Charles Blair
Marietta, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 363rd Infantry Regiment, 91st Division
Date of Loss: September 27, 1918 / Age: 28
Killed in action on Sept. 27, 1918.
Buried in Grave 11, Row 25, Block H, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Irving Helmer Krengel
Elgin, IL
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 138th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 27, 1918 / Age: 27
Killed in action on Sept. 27, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 11, 1921, and buried in Bluff City Cemetery, Elgin, Ill.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Private Axel Amundson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 110th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 28th Division
Date of Loss: September 27, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on Sept. 27, 1918.
Buried, Grave 10, Row 42, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Oliver Nyhus
Hatton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 357th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 27, 1918 / Age: 28
Died of broncho pneumonia on Sept. 27, 1918.
Buried in Grave 19, Row 12, Block D, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. John George Kienenberger
Bierma [sic], ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 138th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division
Date of Loss: September 27, 1918 / Age: 30
Killed in action on Sept. 27, 1918.
Grave unlocated. Missing in Action or Buried at Sea. Tablets of the Missing at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Alfred Elie Johnson
Frost, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 3rd Pioneer Infantry
Date of Loss: September 27, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia, on Sept. 27, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Dec. 16, 1921, and buried in Emerald Cemetery, Frost, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Mountrail county.
1918
Cpl. Howard W. Dietrich
South Bend, IN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 1st Field Artillery Brigade
Date of Loss: September 27, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia on Sept. 27, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on June 1, 1921, and buried in Riverview Cemetery, South Bend, Ind.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Harry Howard Watkins
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 140th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 27, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on Sept. 27, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 29, 1921, and buried Grave 2580, European Section, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
1918
Cpl. Einar Brateng
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 39th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 27, 1918 / Age: 26
Killed in action on Sept. 27, 1918.
Buried, Grave 18, Row 25, 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
Pvt. Guy Vivian Benoit
Verona, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 139th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 15, 1921, and buried at LaMoure, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Jesse Wilson Dillon
Freeman, MO
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 164th Field Hospital, 116th Sanitary Train
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 28
Died on Sept. 26, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried in France. Reburied in Grave 2251, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
James Landphere
Belmond, IA
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 139th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 30
Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.
Buried in Grave 16, Row 10, Block G, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.