State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
John W. Ramsey
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 21, 1918 / Age:
Place of Death: Army Training Corps
Sgt. Duncan Wesley Balfour
Milton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 31st Infantry
Date of Loss: October 21, 1918 / Age: 27
Died at Vladivostok, Siberia, on Oct. 21, 1918.
Buried at Milton, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
2nd Lt. Frank Erwin Curry
Harey [sic] (possibly Harvey), ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 7th Machine Gun Battalion, 3rd Division
Date of Loss: October 21, 1918 / Age: 32
Killed in action on Oct. 21, 1918.
Buried at Farme-de-la-Madelaine, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Pvt. Harry Ralph William Anderson
Cumberland, WI
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 335th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 21, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 21, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on July 25, 1921, and buried in Lakeside Cemetery, Cumberland, Wis.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Lars Haugen
Alkabo, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 352nd Infantry Regiment, 88th Division
Date of Loss: October 21, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 21, 1918.
Buried, Grave 32, Row 15, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Botolf Hoydahl
Ambrose, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 2nd Company, 1st Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 21, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on Oct. 21, 1918.
Buried at Ambrose, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Private Gunder Aslakson
Webster, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 352nd Infantry
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 352nd Infantry
Date of Loss: October 20, 1918 / Age: 28
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 20, 1918.
Buried in French Military Cemetery, Trauack (Alsace). Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 1, 1921, and buried at Webster, N. Dak.
John A. Trovick
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 4th Company, Ordnance Replacement Battalion, 2nd Regiment, Ordnance Training Camp
Date of Loss: October 20, 1918 / Age: 28
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 20, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on July 14, 1920, and buried in Grave 297, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Stanley Ostrowski
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 7th Machine Gun Battalion
Date of Loss: October 20, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on Oct. 20, 1918.
Buried in Grave 31, Row 16, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Wagoner Ole Edward Hedahl
Mercer, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 113th Sanitary Trains, 38th Division
Date of Loss: October 20, 1918 / Age: 28
Died of pneumonia at Stockport, England, on Oct. 20, 1918.
Buried, Grave 3, Row 11, Block D, Brookwood American Cemetery, Brookwood, England.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
John W. Lucas
Parkston, SD
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Supply Company, 40th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 20, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 20, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 1947 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
World War I (WWI) Student Army Training Corps (SATC)
1918
Private Paul James Gates
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 21, 1918 / Age: 20
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
Buried at Garrison Cemetery, McLean County, North Dakota.
1918
Private Earl Pugh
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 21, 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
Buried at Werner Cemetery, Dunn County, North Dakota.
1918
Private Elmer Joseph Carney
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 21, 1918 / Age: 23
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
1918
Private Everett Henry Gilbert
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 21, 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
Buried at Mandan Union Cemetery, Morton County North Dakota.