State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
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
Herbert Edwin Schwartz
New Salem, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Supply Company, 78th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 10, 1918.
Burial, New Salem, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
PFC Ralph Armijo Bergan
Valley City, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 322nd Aero Squadron
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 25
Died at Urbana, Ill., on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried at Valley City, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. George Fritz
Foxholm, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Supply Company, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of broncho pneumonia, at Camp Hospital No. 26, France, on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried in US Military Cemetery, Noyes, France. Remains returned to U. S. on Nov. 3, 1920, and buried at Portal, N. Dak.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Lauren Paul Wirkus
Minto, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 5th Field Battalion, Signal Corps
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried, Grave 26, Row 4, Block H, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Gustav Carlson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 14th Company, 163rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 28
Died of influenza on Oct. 10, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 1, page 500 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
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
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
Pvt.1st Class Almon Burton Coffin
Velva, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 27
Died of wounds received in action, Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried in Grave 144, Plot 3, Section E, American Cemetery, Vaubecourt-Meuse, France. Reburied in Arlington Cemetery, Va.
1918
Pvt. Julian Olander Berg
Davenport, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 34th Company, Camp MacArthur, Texas, September Automatic Replacement Draft
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 28
Died of broncho pneumonia, at Kerhuon, France, on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried in American Cemetery No. 531, Lambezellec, France. Remains returned to U. S. on July 15, 1920, and buried at Davenport, N. Dak.
1918
Cpl. George Elisha Tibbets
Onalaska, WI
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 27
Killed in action, Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried in Grave 3, Row 7, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Pvt.1st Class George Wieglenda
Alliance, OH
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 20
Killed in action in the Meuse-Argonne offensive, on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried in Grave 23, Row 25, Block A, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Corporal Richard Blue Earth
Cannon Ball, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 18th Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Oct. 9, 1918, to the Meuse-Argonne Offensive.
Buried, Grave No. 97, Section No. 27, Plot No. 2, Cemetery No. 1232, Argonne-American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France. Reburied at Cannon Ball, N. Dak.
1918
Pvt. Marcus E. Callahan
Minto, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of wounds received in action, Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Jan. 25, 1922, and consigned to Mike Callahan, Minto, N. Dak. (place of burial unknown).
1918
Pvt.1st Class Hilton Givens
Grafton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 26
Killed in action on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried in France. Reburied at Grafton, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
RSM Gilbert Sessions Furness
Mandan, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters, 1st Brigade, Field Artillery Replacement Draft
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 20
Died of broncho pneumonia, at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried at Mandan, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.