State Heroes

Nick Angel Martinson

Lidgerwood, ND

World War I (WWI)

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.

Otto Berglund

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, Development Battalion No. 2

Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 29

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 6, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 1, page 258 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

George F. Haider

St. Anthony, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company No. 1

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 77th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 26

Died of the Spanish Flu of October 6, 1918.

Information found in Volume 2, page 1177 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

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.

John Larsen

Beach, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 33rd Company, 161st Depot Brigade

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

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 6, 1918.

Buried, Beach, N. Dak.

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

Fred James Roach

Lisbon, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 339th Machine Gun Battalion

Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 31

Died of pneumonia at Grange La Ville, France, on Oct. 6, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. May 31, 1921, and buried at Lisbon, 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.

Sergeant Gerhart Melvin Gunderson

Grand Forks, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 30th Company

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 8th Battalion

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 160th Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 25

Died of pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 5, 1918.

Buried, Grand Forks, N. Dak.

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

James Meheles

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 25

Killed in action on Oct. 5, 1918.

Buried in Grave 23, Row 5, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Sgt. Russell E. Davis

Grafton, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 19

Died of diphtheria at Base Hospital No. 66, Neufchateau, France, on Oct. 5, 1918.

Buried at Neufchateau, France. Remains returned to U. S. on Dec. 16, 1921, and consigned to Mirr M. Shannon, Grafton, N. Dak. (place of burial not given).

Curtis Allison

Golden Valley, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 33rd Company, 161st Depot Brigade

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 161st Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 21

Died of pneumonia at Camp Grant, Ill., on Oct. 5, 1918.

Buried, Golden Valley, N. Dak.

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

John Nelson Stearns

Crystal, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 14th Company, Military Truck Division, Machine Gun Training Center

Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 31

Died of influenza on Oct. 5, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 4, page 3080 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Reuben Alfred Hartman

Turtle Lake, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 161st Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 22

Died of influenza at Camp Hancock, Ga., on Oct. 5, 1918.

Buried, Turtle Lake, N. Dak.

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

Carl Fristad

Harmon, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 5th Training Regiment, 161st Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 24

Died of pneumonia at Camp Grant, Ill., on Oct. 5, 1918.

Buried at Harmon, N. Dak.

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

Michael Martin

Glen Ullin, ND

World War I (WWI)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 161st Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 24

Died of pneumonia, at Camp Grant, Ill., on Oct. 5, 1918.

Buried at Glen Ullin, N. Dak.

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