State Heroes

Pvt. Ross E. French

Detroit, IL

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 02, 1918 / Age: 26

Died on Oct. 2, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried, Grave 4, Row 22, Block B, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Pvt. Jacob Miller Geyer

Sheyenne, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Division

Date of Loss: October 02, 1918 / Age: 29

Killed in action on Oct. 2, 1918.

Buried, in Grave 12, Row 3, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Pvt.1st Class Wyatt E. Silker

Babcock, IA

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 23

Killed in action on Oct. 1, 1918.

Buried, Grave 31, Row 23, Block A, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Thedor G. Larson

Nearson, MN

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 140th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 25

Killed in action on Oct. 1, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 15, 1921, and buried at Nearson, Minn.

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

Private Emil Henry Kaehn

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 137th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 35th Division

Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 22

Missing in Action or Buried at Sea.

Killed in action on Oct. 1, 1918.

Grave unlocated. Tablets of the Missing at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne, France

Christ Lien

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 140th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 24

Killed in action, on Oct. 1, 1918.

Buried, Grave 1, Row 4, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Chris Emil Larson

Mt. Carroll, IL

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 138th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 22

Killed in action on Oct. 1, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on Feb. 25, 1922, and buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Mt. Carroll, Ill.

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

Pvt. Eugene P. Brasseur

Thorne, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 138th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 23

Died in Base Hospital No. 66, at Neufchateau, France, on Oct. 1, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Arthur Miller Hanson

Hatton, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 351st Infantry

Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 24

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 1, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. May 31, 1921, and buried at Hatton, N. Dak.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Grand Forks and Traill counties.

2nd Lt. Harry Blaine Randolph

Fergus Falls, MN

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Students Army Training Corps

Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 39

Died of pneumonia, at Fort Sheridan, Ill., on Oct. 1, 1918.

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

Ole Melvin Morken

Pekin, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion

Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 26

Killed in action on Oct. 1, 1918.

Buried, Grave 14, Row 25, Block A, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Sgt. Jean Haywood Pearl

Mound, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters, 4th Sanitary Train

Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 32

Died on Oct. 1, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried in France. Reburied at Mound, N. Dak.

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

Christ Sortland

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 138th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 24

Killed in action on Oct. 1, 1918.

Buried, Grave 32, Section 18, Block 1, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France. Remains returned to Norway, and consigned to Ole John Sortland, Bergen, Norway.

Maurice D. Rowe

Hamilton, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 137th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 29

Killed in action on Oct. 1, 1918.

Buried, Grave 27, Row 19, Block B, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Richard Mettler

Freeman, SD

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 306th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 25

Killed in action on Oct. 1, 1918.

Buried in Grave 33, Row 42, Block G, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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