State Heroes

1918

Pvt. Angus Guy John

Gandy, NE

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 139th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division

Date of Loss: September 30, 1918 / Age: 27

Killed in action in the Argonne campaign, France, Sept. 30, 1918.

Buried, Grave 36, Row 4, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

1918

Cpl. Royal Osmer Gray

Lakota, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 47th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 30, 1918 / Age: 22

Killed in action on Sept. 30, 1918.

Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 19, 1921, and buried at Lakota, N. Dak.

1918

Pvt. Helmer Ellenson

Gardiner [sic] (possibly Gardner or Gardiner, MT), ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 138th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division

Date of Loss: September 30, 1918 / Age: 23

Died on Sept. 30, 1918, of wounds received in Meuse-Argonne Offensive.

Buried, Grave 34, Row 18, Block F, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

1918

Fred Casebeer

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 137th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 30, 1918 / Age: 25

Killed in action on Sept. 30, 1918.

Buried, Grave 34, Row 39, Block H, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

1918

2nd Lt. Arthur Conner

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 372nd Infantry Regiment, 93rd Division

Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 32

Killed in action on Sept. 29, 1918.

Buried in Grave No. 25, Row 43, 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

Delbert Benjamin Van Allen

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 362nd Infantry

Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 25

Killed in action on Sept. 29, 1918.

Buried, Grave 32, Row 23, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

1918

Ole John Larson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 139th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 22

Killed in action on Sept. 29, 1918.

Grave unlocated.

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

1918

Lieutenant Colonel Frederick E. Smith

Rockford, IL

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 308th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 45

When communication from the forward regimental post of command to the battalion leading the advance had been interrupted temporarily, by the infiltration of small parties of the enemy armed with machine guns, Lieutenant-Colonel Smith personally led a p

1918

Pvt. Gust Kruger

Madison, SD

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Division

Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 22

Died on Sept. 29, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried, Grave 33, Row 43, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

1918

Albert Vandermeer

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 139th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 23

Killed in action on Sept. 29, 1918.

Buried, Grave 12, Row 11, 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

Pvt.1st Class Alfred A. Olson

Hatton, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 39th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 24

Killed in action, on Sept. 29, 1918.

Buried in Grave 34, Row 33, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

1918

Pvt. Andrew Oscar Bothun [sic] (possibly Bothen)

Sherwood, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 110th Infantry Regiment, 28th Division

Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 27

Killed in action on Sept. 29, 1918.

Buried, Grave 8, Row 10, Block A, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

1918

Bernard Nelson

Siren, WI

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 138th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 23

Killed in action on Sept. 29, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 15, 1921, and buried at Siren, Wis.

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

1918

William W Prelvitz

Hector, MN

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 352nd Infantry

Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 30

Died of pneumonia at Base Hospital No. 1, Hericourt Haute, France, on Sept. 29, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. June 6, 1921, and buried in St. John's Cemetery, Hector, Minn.

1918

Pvt.1st Class Edward Daniel Hennessy

Houston, MN

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 362nd Infantry

Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 29

Killed in action at Gesness, France, on Sept. 29, 1918.

Buried in Grave 2, Row 40, Block G, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery.