State Heroes
World War I
1918
Pvt.1st Class Jerry Merril Lanphear
Escanaba, MIWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 20, 1918 / Age: 29
Killed in action on July 20, 1918.
Returned to U. S., Feb. 25, 1922. Buried, Grave 1481, European Section, Cuser Battlefield, Mont.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Cpl. Lynn Fancis Spiering
Hillsboro, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 20, 1918 / Age: 20
Killed in action on July 20, 1918.
Grave unlocated.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Carl F. Bredehoft
Pilger, NEWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 20, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action, July 20, 1918.
Grave unlocated. Missing in Action or Buried at Sea. Tablets of the Missing at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, France
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
James F. Standish
Litchfield, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 20, 1918 / Age: 23
Died on July 20, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 27, Row 2, Block D, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Andrew N. Coleman
Mayville, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 18th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 20, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on July 20, 1918, near Soissons, France.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on July 19, 1921, and buried in Mayville Cemetery, Mayville, N. Dak.
1918
Pvt. Evald L. Helstad
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 58th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division
Date of Loss: July 19, 1918 / Age: 26
Killed in action at Chateau-Thierry on July 19, 1918.
Buried in Grave 49, Row 2, Block A, Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Cpl. Frederick William August Harmeyer
Holland, INWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 19, 1918 / Age: 27
Killed in action, on July 19, 1918.
Buried in France. Grave unlocated. Missing in Action or Buried at Sea. Tablets of the Missing at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, France.
1918
Cpl. Clarence H. Pilbeam
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 19, 1918 / Age: 21
Killed in action on July 19, 1918.
Buried in Grave 30, Row 17, Block A, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Harry Julian Madsen
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 19, 1918 / Age: 28
Died on July 19, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 43, Row 9, Block B, Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Thomas James Mealy
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 19, 1918 / Age: 21
Killed in action on July 19, 1918.
Buried, Grave 7, Row 22, Block C, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Grand Forks county.
1918
Pvt. Fred Herman
Ellendale, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 19, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on July 19, 1918.
Buried in France. Grave unlocated. Tablets of the Missing at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Walter John Thome
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 19, 1918 / Age: 19
Killed in action, near Soissons, July 19, 1918.
Buried, Grave 9, Row 36, Block B, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Sgt. Michael James Murphy
World War I
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 97th Company, 6th Regiment
Date of Loss: July 19, 1918 / Age: 27
Killed in action, July 19, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2254 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Cpl. Albert Smith
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 16th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 19, 1918 / Age: 27
Killed in action on July 19, 1918.
Buried, Grave 20, Row 33, Block D, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Milton Charles Stevenson
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 19, 1918 / Age: 20
Killed in action on July 19, 1918.
Buried in Grave 14, Row 18, Block A, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.