State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Seward Olson
Vang, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 78th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 15, 1918.
Buried at Vang, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Thomas H. Christoffersen
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 326th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 38
Killed in action Oct. 15, 1918, at St. Juvin, France.
Buried, Grave 34, Row 18, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Thomas H. Christofferson
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 326th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Division
Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age:
1918
William George Horning
Ryder, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery C, 40th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 31
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 15, 1918.
Buried at Ryder, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Traill county.
1918
Emil J. Novotny
Pisek, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 40th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 15, 1918.
Buried at Pisek, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Helmer Cornelius Pederson
Flora, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 22nd Company, 6th Battalion, 160th Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of broncho pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 15, 1918.
Buried at Flora, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Private Harold Abel
Fordville, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 30th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 21
Killed in action on Oct. 15, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 29, 1921, and consigned to Archie Abel, Fordville, N. Dak. (place of burial not given).
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. John G. Gondo
Pittsburgh, PA
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 306th Infantry Regiment, 77th Division
Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 23
Died on Oct. 15, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 9, Row 8, Block H, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Pvt. Philip P. Heier
Glen Ullin, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 128th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Oct. 15, 1918.
Buried, Grave 31, Row 20, Block A, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Harry J. Pederson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 128th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on Oct. 15, 1918.
Buried in Grave 22, Row 16, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Cpl. Arthur William Chambers
Chanute, KS
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery A, 40th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 27
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 15, 1918.
Buried at Chanute, Kans.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. John Jacob Hoffman
Ashley, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 352nd Infantry Regiment, 88th Division
Date of Loss: October 14, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia, at Hericourt, France, on Oct. 14, 1918.
Buried, Grave 28, Row 14, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Private First Class Arthur C. Miller
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 58th Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: October 14, 1918 / Age: 25
Died on Oct. 14, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Remains returned to England, and consigned to Stanley R. Miller, 5 Archer St., Kensington, (London S. W. 11), England. (Place of burial unknown).
1918
Fred Schmuhl
Jamestown, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 10th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 14, 1918 / Age: 31
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 14, 1918.
Buried at Jamestown, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
1st Lt. Lewis Marcus Thune
South Superior, WIWorld War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 14, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action, Oct. 14, 1918.
Buried, Grave 3, Row 43, Block B, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
World War I (WWI) Student Army Training Corps (SATC)
1918
Private Warren Arthur Parker
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps UND Grand Forks ND
Date of Loss: October 14, 1918 / Age: 29
Died while serving as a member of the Student Army Training Corps on the UND campus in Grand Forks during the 1918 flu pandemic. Name included on the UND S.A.T.C. website