State Heroes
World War I
Fred Meidinger
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, Development Battalion No. 1
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 11, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2127 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Freddie Roy
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 34th Company, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 21
Died of pneumonia at Camp Grant, Ill., on Oct. 11, 1918.
Buried at Osnabrock, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Leonard Carson House
Garrison, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, Military Police, 14th Division
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 27
Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 11, 1918, at Camp Custer, Mich.
Burial, Garrison, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Andor Evanson
Pelican Rapids, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 36th Training Company, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 11, 1918.
Buried, Pelican Rapids, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Joseph Alexander Preshard
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 36th Company, 9th Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 28
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 11, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2605 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
John C. Throngard
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 16th Company, 160th Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 11, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 3244 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Pvt. Walter Guetschow
Liberty, WIWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 313th Engineer Regiment, 88th Division
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of pneumonia, at Romagne, France, Oct. 11, 1918.
Buried, Grave 3, Row 16, Block A, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Harry H. Swontkaski
Ashton, NEWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 37th Company, 10th Battalion, 160th Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 11, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 3178 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
George G. Cook
Cando, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 77th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 11, 1918.
Buried at Cando, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as George C Cook.
Theodore Werre
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 306th Animal Transport Depot
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 11, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 3430 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Harold Alf Rorwick
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 10th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 11, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 2755 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Helmer P. Stigen
Gorham, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 41st Company, 160th Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 27
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 11, 1918.
Buried, Gorham, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Edwin H. Tryhus
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery F, 41st Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of broncho pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 11, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Pvt. Herbert A. Rahn
Cavalier, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 18
Died of pneumonia at Grand Forks, N. Dak., on Oct. 11, 1918.
Buried at Cavalier, N. Dak., on Oct. 12, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Hjalmer Joakim Hanson
Fertile, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 5th Limited Service Regiment, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 11, 1918 / Age: 30
Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 11, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1232 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.