State Heroes

Oscar Westby

World War I (WWI)

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.

John Herdt

Max, ND

World War I (WWI)

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, ND

World War I (WWI)

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.

PFC Louis T. Grovum

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 34

Died on Oct. 7, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried, Grave 13, Row 11, Block N, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meaurthe-et-Moselle, France.

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

Cpl. Irwin Elmer Gainer

Neche, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 24

Died on Oct. 7, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried in France. Reburied at Hydepark, Pembina county, N. Dak.

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

August Havervold

Schafer, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 14th Trench Mortar Battery

Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 26

Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 7, 1918.

Buried at Schafer, N. Dak.

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

Walter M. Severson

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Quartermaster Corps

Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 23

Died at Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, D. C., on Oct. 7, 1918.

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

Pvt. Percy George Carter

Sheldon, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 317th Field Signal Battalion

Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 25

Died of lobar pneumonia at Base Hospital No. 53, France, on Oct. 6, 1918.

Buried, Cemetery No. 13, Grave No. 121, Langres, France. Remains returned to U. S. on May 13, 1921, and buried at Sheldon, N. Dak.

Emmons Victor Linwell

Northwood, ND

World War I (WWI)

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.

Albert Herman Rohde

World War I (WWI)

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.

Peter J. Lorenz

Fried, ND

World War I (WWI)

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.

Private First Class John Cretus Baar

Underwood, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 164th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 22

Killed in action on Oct. 6, 1918.

Buried in Grave 40, Row 25, Block F, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Albert Gariepy

World War I (WWI)

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.

Edwin Morken

Springgrove, MN

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 28

Killed in action on Oct. 6, 1918.

Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 17, 1921, and consigned to Sam Morken, Springgrove, Minn. (place of burial not given).

George J Lugert

Mantador, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 77th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 28

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 6, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 3, page 1951 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.