State Heroes
World War I
1918
Pvt. William M. Byers
Bradley [sic], NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 138th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 30
Died on Sept. 26, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 27, Row 41, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Mike Sulz
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 358th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 27
Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.
Buried, Grave 28, Row 7, 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
John Ernest Synder
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 138th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 30
Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 1, 1921, and consigned to Mrs. Kate Smith, Kansas City, Mo.; (place of burial unknown).
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Jesse Wilson Dillon
Freeman, MOWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 164th Field Hospital, 116th Sanitary Train
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 28
Died on Sept. 26, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried in France. Reburied in Grave 2251, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Guy Vivian Benoit
Verona, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 139th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 15, 1921, and buried at LaMoure, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. John Isable
Drayton, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 359th Infantry Regiment, 90th Division
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.
Grave unlocated. Missing in Action or Buried at Sea. Tablets of the Missing, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, France.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Erick Ofstad
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 359th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 27
Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.
Grave unlocated.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Harry Lewis Kidd
Mandan, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 139th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 29
Killed in action, Sept. 26, 1918.
Buried in France. Grave Unlocated. Missing in Action or Buried at Sea. Tablets of the Missing at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France
1918
Pvt. Ole R. Aase
Crosby, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 138th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 31
Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.
Buried, Grave 3, Row 38, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Carl Elmer Landers
Kenaston, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 139th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 21
Killed in action, on Sept. 26, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 26, 1921, and buried at Kenaston, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Louis Instead
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 140th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 30
Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.
Buried in Grave 37, Row 5, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Martin Adolph Wold
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 137th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 28
Killed in action, Sept. 26, 1918, Meuse-Argonne Offensive.
Buried, Grave 2, Row 9, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Charles Pokorny
Silver Lake, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 315th Engineers
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 1, 1921, and buried in Congregational Cemetery, Silver Lake, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Truman George Lawrence Mars
Clarksburg, ILWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 139th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 27
Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 8, 1921, and buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery, Clarksburg, Ill.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Fred W. Schmidt
Forrestville, MIWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 358th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 30
Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.
Grave unlocated.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.