State Heroes
World War I
1918
PFC Frank Jabez Piper
Ashley, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Evacuation Hospital No. 10
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 31
Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. Aug. 8, 1921, and buried at Ashley, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
RSM Gilbert Sessions Furness
Mandan, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters, 1st Brigade, Field Artillery Replacement Draft
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 20
Died of broncho pneumonia, at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried at Mandan, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Preston George McGarry
Willow City, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: School for Bakers and Cooks, Camp Custer, Mich.
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried at Willow City, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Gunnar Haugan
Galesburg, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery C, 36th Artillery, Coast Artillery Corps
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 21
Died of pneumonia, at Fort Barrancas, Fla., on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried at Galesburg, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Marcus E. Callahan
Minto, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of wounds received in action, Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Jan. 25, 1922, and consigned to Mike Callahan, Minto, N. Dak. (place of burial unknown).
1918
PFC William F. Leisner
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 339th Machine Gun Battalion
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried, Grave 28, Row 24, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemeter, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Hilton Givens
Grafton, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 26
Killed in action on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried in France. Reburied at Grafton, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Cook Milfred Harry Owen
Lisbon, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 41st Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 22
Died at Camp Custer, Mich., of pneumonia, Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Lisbon, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Edward William Werle
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 14th Ammunition Train
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 31
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 9, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 3429 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Pvt. Ignace Kushnir
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 27
Killed in action on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried, Grave 8, Row 29, Block G, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Christian Martin Festvog
Landa, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company No. 1, Fort Leavenworth September Automatic Replacement Draft
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of pneumonia, at St. Nazaire, France, on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried in Base Cemetery 21, Grave 754, Plot G. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 22, 1920, and buried at Landa, N. Dak.
1918
Otto Peter Smith
Harvey, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery C, 42nd Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 27
Died at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried, Harvey, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Cpl. Lyle S. Sitler
Randall, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 109th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried in Grave 167, Section 43, Plot 4, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 12, 1921, and buried at Randall, Minn.
1918
Cpl. John Alexander Bonnett
Grand Forks, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 12, 1921, and consigned to Mrs. Isabelle Howelsen, Grand Forks, N. Dak. Buried at Memorial Park Cemetery. Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, North Dakota.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Clarence Patrick Roan
Portal, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery D, 5th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 19
Died on Oct. 9, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried in Grave 150, Section 18, Block 3, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France. Reburied at Portal, N. Dak.