State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Pvt. William M. Byers
Bradley [sic], ND
World War I (WWI)
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. Guy Vivian Benoit
Verona, ND
World War I (WWI)
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. Jesse Wilson Dillon
Freeman, MO
World War I (WWI)
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
William Albert Milkey
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 140th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 26, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action in Meuse-Argonne, on Sept. 26, 1918.
Buried in Grave 24, Row 25, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Pvt. John Isable
Drayton, ND
World War I (WWI)
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. Charles Veit Hoof
Napoleon, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 138th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division
Date of Loss: September 25, 1918 / Age: 27
Died on Sept. 25, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 8, Row 12, Block F, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Pvt. Dolce Louis Belgredo
Portal, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 358th Infantry Regiment, 90th Division
Date of Loss: September 25, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on Sept. 25, 1918.
Buried in Grave 29, 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
2nd Lt. Carl John Clementson
Grand Forks, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 36th Company
Date of Loss: September 25, 1918 / Age: 36
Died of disease, at sea, Sept. 25, 1918.
Burial: Memorial Park Cemetery, Grand Forks, Grand Forks county, North Dakota, USA.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Carl Erickson Losby
LaCrosse, WI
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery A, 15th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: September 25, 1918 / Age: 30
Died of La Grippe on Sept. 25, 1918, at Vertusy-sur-Meuse, France.
Buried in Cemetery No. 233. Remains returned to U. S. April 18, 1922, and buried in Grave 4388, European Section, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
1918
Paul Nehls
Wittenburg, WI
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Field Hospital Company No. 245, 12th Sanitary Train
Date of Loss: September 24, 1918 / Age: 27
Died of pneumonia on Sept. 24, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2277 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Simeon Hiram Blanchard
McClusky, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 10th Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 3rd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 151st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: September 24, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia at Camp Devens, Mass., on Sept. 24, 1918.
Buried at McClusky, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Sgt. Harold Guy Evans
Lisbon, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Field Hospital No. 136, 109th Sanitary Train
Date of Loss: September 24, 1918 / Age: 21
Died of broncho pneumonia, at Camp Dix, N. J., on Sept. 24, 1918.
Buried at Lisbon, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class John Henry Coombes
Killdeer, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 24, 1918 / Age:
Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 1, page 610 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Private John Arnold Anderson
Reynolds, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 139th Infantry
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 139th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 24, 1918 / Age: 29
Died of tuberculosis on Sept. 24, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Jan. 3, 1922, and buried in Grave 4006, European Section, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
1918
Ole Staxrud
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 137th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 24, 1918 / Age: 28
Killed in action on Sept. 24, 1918.
Buried, Grave 13, Row 14, 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
Mechanic Henry William Hebert
Chippewa Falls, WI
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 139th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division
Date of Loss: September 23, 1918 / Age: 30
Died on Sept. 23, 1918, from wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 3, Row 14, Block F, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.