State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Albert Nansen Olson
Dazey, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery C, 42nd Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried at Dazey, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Sgt. Ross Reuben Chapman
Hanover, IL
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 30th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 21
Killed in action at Meuse-Argonne, on Oct. 10, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S., Sept. 7, 1921, and buried at Hanover, Ill.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
George Hughes Hayden
Carpio, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Supply Company, 40th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 29
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried at Carpio, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Wagoner Ray Earl Vessey
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 339th Machine Gun Battalion
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried, Grave 29, Row 23, 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
Pvt. James Andrew Conery
Graceville, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery B, 127th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried in France; remains returned to U. S. on Nov. 18, 1920, and buried in Lakeside Cemetery, Graceville, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Johannes Frederick Jagd
Valley City, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery B, 42nd Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 29
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried at Valley City, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
John Batsch
Cleveland, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 10th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 10, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 1, page 195 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Walter B. Brown
Brainerd, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on Oct. 10, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 10, 1921, and buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Brainerd, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Fred W. Skubinna
Churchtown, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Supply Company
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 41st Field Artillery Regiment
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 10, 1918, at Camp Custer, Mich.
Buried, Churchtown, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Jacob Jake Unruh
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 33rd Company, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 21
Died at Camp Grant, Ill., on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried, Mercer county.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Arthur Eugene Shaw
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action at Argonne Forest, Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried in Grave 8, Row 37, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Maurice Verschelde
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Ambulance Company No. 350, 313th Sanitary Train
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 27
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried, Grave 25, Row 25, Block G, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Richard Jonathon Carlson
Derrick, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 352nd Infantry
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 10, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on June 6, 1921, and consigned to P. T. Carlson, Parkers Prairie, Minn. (place of burial not given).
1918
John William Kendrew
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 42nd Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 10, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1655 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Magnus Eugene Alen
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 77th Infantry
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 77th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 28
Died on Oct. 10, 1918, of bronchial pneumonia.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Fred Arthur May
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 27
Killed in action on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried in Grave 38, Row 19, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.