State Heroes
World War I
1918
John A. Smestad
Hatton, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery D, 40th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age: 30
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 17, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 2996 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Byron H. West
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 15th Service Company, Signal Corps, Casual Detachment
Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age: 20
Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 17, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. Sept. 3, 1920, and buried in Grave 432, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Fred Kelle
Napoleon, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 128th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Division
Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Oct. 17, 1918.
Buried in Grave No. 27, Row 37, 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
Gilbert Oli Myrvik
Milton, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 352nd Infantry
Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 17, 1918.
Buried in Grave 23, Row 46, Block D, Argonne-American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Hans Adolph Anderson
Clarion, IAWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 111th Infantry Regiment, 28th Division
Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age: 26
Killed in action on Oct. 17, 1918.
Buried, Grave 18, Row 32, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Leonard M. Kubousek
Minto, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company No. 2, Fort Leavenworth September Automatic Replacement Draft, Signal Corps
Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age: 18
Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 17, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 6, 1920, and buried at Minto, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Andy Oliver Berg
Hatton, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 61st Infantry
Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age: 23
Died on Oct. 17, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 15, 1921, and buried in Bethel Congregational Cemetery, Hatton, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Fremont Wesley Rice
Ruthven, IAWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 137th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia, Oct. 17, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. Aug. 30, 1920, and buried in Grave 348, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Vivian James Olmstead
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery A, 42nd Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 17, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2395 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Pvt. Eugene Victor Evans
Mott, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 313th Ammunition Trains, 88th Division
Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia, at Herricourt, France, on Oct. 17, 1918.
Buried, Grave 6, Row 5, Block F, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
John P. Lacher
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 128th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on Oct. 17, 1918.
Buried in France. Grave unlocated.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Walter Johnson
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age:
Died at Army Training Corps
1918
John Fred Thielmann
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 5th Limited Service Regiment
Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 17, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as John F Thieland.
1918
Harry Pederson
Rutland, NDWorld War I
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
Harold George Peck
Roy, SDWorld War I
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.