State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Pvt.1st Class William Emery Smith
Taneville, MO
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 328th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 16, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action Oct. 16, 1918.
Buried, Grave 15, Row 35, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Joseph J. Oien
Boyd, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 139th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 16, 1918 / Age: 22
Died on Oct. 16, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 37, Row 9, Block B, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
AMM1 Nels Edward Henderson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Naval Air Station, Rockaway Beach
Date of Loss: October 16, 1918 / Age: 23
Died at Rockaway Beach, L. I., N. Y., on Oct. 16, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Divide county.
1918
Harold George Peck
Roy, SD
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 113th Supply Train
Date of Loss: October 16, 1918 / Age: 28
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 16, 1918.
Buried at sea.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Harry Pederson
Rutland, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 78th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 16, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 16, 1918.
Buried at Rutland, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Mess Sergeant Don Alfred Whitmore
Drayton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 348th Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: October 16, 1918 / Age: 28
Died of influenza on Oct. 16, 1918.
Buried in American Cemetery No. 25, in Grave No. 336, Section B, at Galence, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Charles L. Foy
Langdon, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 13th Company, 4th Battalion, 160th Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 15, 1918.
Buried at Langdon, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Emil Matejcek
Sheldon, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery C, 41st Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of broncho pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 15, 1918.
Buried at Sheldon, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Maldor Hansen
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 4th Company, 1st Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 25
Died on pneumonia on Oct. 15, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1218 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Private Harold Abel
Fordville, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 30th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 21
Killed in action on Oct. 15, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 29, 1921, and consigned to Archie Abel, Fordville, N. Dak. (place of burial not given).
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. John G. Gondo
Pittsburgh, PA
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 306th Infantry Regiment, 77th Division
Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 23
Died on Oct. 15, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 9, Row 8, Block H, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Cpl. Arthur William Chambers
Chanute, KS
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery A, 40th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 27
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 15, 1918.
Buried at Chanute, Kans.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Philip P. Heier
Glen Ullin, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 128th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Oct. 15, 1918.
Buried, Grave 31, Row 20, 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
Seward Olson
Vang, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 78th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 15, 1918.
Buried at Vang, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Thomas H. Christoffersen
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 326th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 38
Killed in action Oct. 15, 1918, at St. Juvin, France.
Buried, Grave 34, Row 18, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Private Christ Anderson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 326th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 82nd Division
Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 26
Killed in action on Oct. 15, 1918.
Buried, Grave 33, Row 8, Block B, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.