State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
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
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
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
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
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
First Lieutenant Samuel Lee Avis
Jamestown, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Engineers
Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 28
Died at Camp Humphreys, Va., of influenza and pneumonia, on Oct. 12, 1918.
Place of burial, Jamestown, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Holger Tall
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, Development Battalion No. 1
Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 27
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 12, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 3183 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Clarence Grina
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 11th Depot Battalion, Signal Corps
Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 12, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1121 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Albert Olson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 128th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Oct. 12, 1918.
Buried in Grave 28, Row 22, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Knute Holberg
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 34th Company, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 27
Died of influenza, on Oct. 12, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1387 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Sigurjon Benedict Sigfusson
Mountain, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery C, 40th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of broncho pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 12, 1918.
Buried at Mountain, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Sugurjon Sigfusson.
1918
Paul John Soberg
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 38th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Oct. 12, 1918.
Buried, Grave 30, Row 7, 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
Cpl. Bernhard Nelson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 61st Infantry
Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on Oct. 12, 1918.
Buried, Grave 36, Row 9, 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
Rasmus Rasmussen Skriver
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 23rd Infantry
Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 26
Died, Oct. 12, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 25, Row 10, Block A, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Edwin T Aas
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 14th Ammunition Train
Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of bronchial pneumonia, on Oct. 12, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 1, page 9 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.