State Heroes
World War I
Joseph Prchal
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 40th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of bronchial pneumonia on Oct. 7, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2603 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
James Henry Priest
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 5th Limited Service Training Regiment
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 30
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 7, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2609 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Jake Sommerville
Bowden, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Supply Company, 42nd Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 7, 1918, at Camp Custer, Mich.
Buried, Bowdon, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Jake Somervill.
Lavern James Thompson
Cavalier, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 20
Killed in action on Oct. 7, 1918.
Buried in France. Reburied, Cavalier, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
John Herdt
Max, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 53rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 25
Died at Augusta, Ga., on Oct. 7, 1918.
Buried at Max, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Arthur Oldmouse
Elbowoods, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company No. 22, September Automatic Replacement Draft
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 29
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 7, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 12, 1920, and buried at Elbowoods, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Oscar Westby
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 12th Company, 3rd Battalion, 160th Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 7, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 3434 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Neil Edward McGarry
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 33rd Company, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 27
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Grant, Ill., on Oct. 6, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Nick Angel Martinson
Lidgerwood, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery B, 14th Battalion, 5th Regiment Field Artillery Replacement Depot
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 20
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., on Oct. 6, 1918.
Buried at Lidgerwood, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Nicalai A Martinson.
Pvt. Virgil Fredrick
Fargo, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 307th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 6, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 976 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Emmons Victor Linwell
Northwood, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, Development Battalion No. 1
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of broncho pneumonia on Oct. 6, 1918, at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Buried at Northwood, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Pvt. William Borgen
Hannah, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 23rd Infantry
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on Oct. 6, 1918.
Buried in Grave 24, Section 97, Plot 1, Argonne-American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France. Remains returned to U. S. Sept. 12, 1921, and buried in Hannah Cemetery, Hannah, N. Dak.
Peter J. Lorenz
Fried, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on Oct. 6, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 29, 1921, and buried in Catholic cemetery, Fried, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Albert Gariepy
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Sanitary Detachment, 125th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on Oct. 6, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 14, 1921, and buried in Grave 3343, European Section, Arlington National Cemetery, Va.
Albert Herman Rohde
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 36th Company, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 30
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 6, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 2741 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.