State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
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
Henry W. Karsten
Long Prairie, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 40th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 15, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1630 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
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.
1918
Robert Klang
Dunseith, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 77th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 15, 1918.
Buried at Dunseith, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Charles Arthur Hoff
Fort Ransom, 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 in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 8, 1921, and buried at Fort Ransom, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Joseph Gion
Regent, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 40th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age:
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 15, 1918.
Buried at Regent, 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
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
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
Pvt.1st Class Joseph Charwatt
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 325th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Division
Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 28
Died on Oct. 15, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave- 4, Row 24, Block B, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Theodore Arved Anderson
Gwinner, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 78th Infantry
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 78th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 14, 1918 / Age: 29
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 14, 1918.
Buried at Gwinner, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Jacob P. Kleinsasser
Max, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 313th Ammunition Train
Date of Loss: October 14, 1918 / Age: 27
Died in France, Oct. 14, 1918.
Buried in French-American Military Cemetery, France. Reburied in Lutheran Cemetery, Max, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Albert Benedict Ries
Jamestown, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 10th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 14, 1918 / Age: 21
Died at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 14, 1918.
Buried at Jamestown, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Cpl. Elmer F. Rushfeldt
De Groat, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 137th Machine Gun Battalion
Date of Loss: October 14, 1918 / Age: 28
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 14, 1918.
Buried at sea.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Carl Otto Lindner
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 14th Mobile Veterinary Section
Date of Loss: October 14, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 14, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 1907 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.