State Heroes

Alphonse Leo Larson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery D, 337th Field Artillery

Date of Loss: October 24, 1918 / Age: 22

Died of pneumonia, Oct. 24, 1918, at Clermont, Ferrand, France.

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

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

Elvin Erickson Nyhus

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 37th Battalion, US Guards, The Presidio

Date of Loss: October 24, 1918 / Age: 23

Died of pneumonia at The Presidio, San Francisco, Calif., on Oct. 24, 1918.

Buried at Hatton, N. Dak.

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

Thorsten Emanual Nikkila

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 24, 1918 / Age: 27

Died on Oct. 24, 1918, of disease.

Buried, Grave 32, Row 12, Block A, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.

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

Pvt.1st Class Sidney Birch Stephens

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 24, 1918 / Age: 32

Died of broncho pneumonia on Oct. 24, 1918.

Buried, Grave 37, Row 41, Block D, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.

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

Bugler Charles Martin Root

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 37th Battalion, US Guards, The Presidio of San Francisco, Calif.

Date of Loss: October 24, 1918 / Age: 26

Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 24, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 4, page 2753 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

William E Brown

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 3rd Company, Veterinary Training School

Date of Loss: October 24, 1918 / Age: 25

Died of pneumonia, at Lodi, Wis., on Oct. 24, 1918.

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

Pvt.1st Class Christen Rensla

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery B, 335th Field Artillery

Date of Loss: October 24, 1918 / Age: 26

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 24, 1918, at Base Hospital No. 9.

Buried, French Cemetery, American Plot, St. Denis, Chateau Roux, Indre, France. Remains returned to U. S. on Jan. 25, 1922, and buried at Denbigh, N. Dak.

Cpl. William T. Henry

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 329th Aero Service Squadron

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

Died of disease at Salisbury Plains, England, on Oct. 23, 1918.

Buried, Grave 12, Row 5, Block C, Brookwood American Cemetery, Brookwood, England.

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

Pvt.1st Class Clair Edward Mead

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 118th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 23, 1918 / Age: 26

Died, Oct. 23, 1918, at Surrey, England, of wounds received in action.

Remains returned to U. S. on June 2, 1920, and buried at Valley City, N. Dak.

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

Theodor B. Tonneson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Ambulance Company No. 352, 313th Sanitary Train, Medical Department

Date of Loss: October 23, 1918 / Age: 26

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 23, 1918.

Buried, Grave 16, Row 45, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Walter Norman Donaldson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 210th Engineers

Date of Loss: October 23, 1918 / Age: 26

Died of pneumonia, at Fort Riley, Kans., on Oct. 23, 1918.

Buried at Big Bend, Wis.

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

Wagoner Herbert Francis Stroberger

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 12th Machine Gun Battalion

Date of Loss: October 23, 1918 / Age: 22

Died of broncho pneumonia, on Oct. 23, 1918.

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

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

Pvt. Arthur Korsmo

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 137th Field Artillery

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

Died of cerebro spinal meningitis, at Turleville, France, on Oct. 23, 1918.

Buried at Turleville, France; remains returned to U. S. on July 19, 1921, and buried in Riverside Cemetery, Fargo, N. Dak.

Private Floyd Austin Fuller

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps UND Grand Forks ND

Date of Loss: October 24, 1918 / Age: 21

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

Private Ferl Oliver Hayes

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps UND Grand Forks ND

Date of Loss: October 24, 1918 / Age: 21

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