State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Ralph Ellis Olinger
Erie, IL
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 313th Military Police
Date of Loss: October 16, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 16, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on June 6, 1921, and buried in Erie Cemetery, Erie, Ill.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Cpl. Joseph Wilbur Hemrick
Volga, SD
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery A, 40th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 16, 1918 / Age: 27
Died of pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 16, 1918.
Buried at Volga, S. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
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
John Wesley Williams
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 307th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 16, 1918 / Age: 27
Killed in action on Oct. 16, 1918.
Buried, Grave 26, Row 15, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Arthur Alfred Lindberg
Grand Forks, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 338th Machine Gun Battalion
Date of Loss: October 16, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of pneumonia at La Grande, France, on Oct. 16, 1918.
Buried, Chantville, France; reburied at Grand Forks, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Mess Sgt. Don Alfred Whitmore
Drayton, NDWorld War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 348th Infantry
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
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
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
Sgt. Oscar Erickson
Grafton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 6th Engineers
Date of Loss: October 16, 1918 / Age: 30
Died on Oct. 16, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried in France. Reburied, Grave 3211, European Section, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
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
Gustave John Pelvit
Breckenridge, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 305th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 16, 1918 / Age: 24
Died on Oct. 16, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried in France; remains returned to U. S. on July 25, 1921, and buried in Riverside Cemetery, Breckenridge, Minn.
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
Pvt. Christ Anderson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 326th Infantry Regiment, 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
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.