State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Daniel Chase
Elbowoods, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Veterinary Corps, 40th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of broncho pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., Oct. 13, 1918.
Buried at Elbowoods, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Cornelous Olson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 70th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 33
Died of broncho pneumonia on Oct. 13, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2410 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Ole Semeling, Jr.
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 305th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action in Argonne drive, on Oct. 13, 1918.
Buried in Grave 36, Row 11, Block H, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Pvt. Roy McKinley Basford
Troy, SD
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 128th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 21
Killed in action in battle of Argonne, on Oct. 13, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 3, 1921, and buried in Grave 2736, European Section, Arlington National Cemetery, Va.
1918
Carl Gustav Berg
Klara, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 50th Company, 13th Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on Oct. 13, 1918.
Buried at Klara, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Cpl. Orval Manning
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 344th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 13, 1918.
Buried in American Cemetery of Talence, (Gironde), France. Remains returned to U. S. Nov. 15, 1920, and buried in Grave 904, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
1918
Cpl. Gus J. Ritschel
White Sulphur Springs, MT
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 313th Engineers
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 29
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 13, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. May 31, 1921, and buried in Grave 1648, European Section, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
1918
Cpl. Jacob Fred Ouhl
Cavalier, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 39th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action, Oct. 13, 1918, Argonne Forest.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 12, 1921, and buried at Cavalier, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Martin Hoff
Brooten, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 14th Ammunition Train
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 30
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 13, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1376 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Corporal Henry Hafener
Mooreton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 77th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of broncho pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 13, 1918.
Buried at Mooreton, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Henry Hafner.
1918
Pvt. Ingvald Gjertson
Wolford, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 137th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 25
Died on Oct. 13, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried in American Cemetery, Bozoilles, Vosges, France. Remains returned to Norway, and consigned to Mrs. Arma Rosindrson Gjertson, Raranger, Norway. (place of burial not given).
1918
George Conrad Julesberg
Tagus, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Supple Company, 77th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of bronchial pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 13, 1918.
Buried at Tagus, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Cpl. Adolph Nelson
Bancroft, IA
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 1st Infantry Replacement and Training Regiment
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 28
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Pike, Ark., on Oct. 13, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Seaman 2c George Arlington Hill
Ardoch, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Naval Training Station, Seattle, Wash.
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of pneumonia at Seattle, Wash., on Oct. 13, 1918.
Buried at Ardoch, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Ole O. Greslivold
Welseth [sic], ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 352nd Infantry
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia, at Chavannes les Granda, France, on Oct. 13, 1918.
Buried, Grave 23, Row 8, Block F, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Pvt. Ward Elon Bullis
Lidgerwood, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Service of Supply Hospital
Date of Loss: October 13, 1918 / Age: 20
Died of wounds on Oct. 13, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 1, page 446 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.