State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
Pvt. Howard L. Cotten
Cleveland, ND
Pvt. Peter T. Peterson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 6th Infantry
Discharged at Fort Sheridan, Ill., on Aug. 2, 1919, as a Private, Surgeon's Certificate of Disability, 10%.
Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Pvt. Ernest Miller
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 37th Machine Gun Battalion
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2165 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Pvt. John Hedland
Rugby, ND
Pvt. Robert Franklin
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 328th Infantry
Killed in action on Oct. 9, 1918.
Pvt. Alfred Moen
Devils Lake, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 308th Infantry
Overseas from Aug. 8, 1918, to Jan. 4, 1919; wounded, severely, Oct. 3, 1918.
Engagements:
Offensive: Meuse-Argonne.
Defensive Sector: Foret-d'Argonne (Lorraine).
Private Dan Walter Miller
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 16th Infantry Regiment
Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to discharge. Wounded, severely, July 19, 1918. Engagements: Offensive: Aisne-Marne. Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy)
Private Haakon Anderson
Ryder, ND