State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Jake Sommerville
Bowden, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Supply Company, 42nd Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 7, 1918, at Camp Custer, Mich.
Buried, Bowdon, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Jake Somervill.
1918
Lars Helgeson Opedal
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 33rd Company, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 29
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 7, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2442 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Ernest William Hartmann
New Salem, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 78th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 7, 1918.
Buried at New Salem, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Olaf Dybdal
McLeod, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 139th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 28
Died, Oct. 7, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 157, Row 12, Block 4, Argonne-American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France. Reburied, McLeod, N. Dak.
1918
Clyde Verdi Claflin
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Dunwoody Naval Training Institute
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 20
Died at Minneapolis, Minn., on Oct. 7, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 1, page 562 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Carl Henry Ford
Zion, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 34th Company, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 21
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Grant, Ill., on Oct. 7, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Frank Nieman
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 34th Company,161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 7, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2334 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
George Casper Enge
Shuman, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 5th Limited Service Regiment
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Grant, Ill., on Oct. 7, 1918.
Buried in Concordia Cemetery, Shuman township, Sargent county. N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Corporal George Murdock Bissett
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 58th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 4th Division
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 29
Killed in action at Argonne, France, on Oct. 7, 1918.
Buried in Grave 16, Row 5, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
John Klukas
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 78th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 29
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 7, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1699 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Hom Ming
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 31
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 7, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2181 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Lavern James Thompson
Cavalier, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 20
Killed in action on Oct. 7, 1918.
Buried in France. Reburied, Cavalier, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
LDSMM Hiram Ivan Orlando Myli
Fargo, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Dunwoody Naval Training School
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 21
Died of pneumonia, at Minneapolis, Minn., on Oct. 7, 1918.
Buried in Riverside Cemetery, Fargo, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Oscar Westby
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 12th Company, 3rd Battalion, 160th Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 7, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 3434 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
John Herdt
Max, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 53rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 25
Died at Augusta, Ga., on Oct. 7, 1918.
Buried at Max, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Arthur Oldmouse
Elbowoods, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company No. 22, September Automatic Replacement Draft
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 29
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 7, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 12, 1920, and buried at Elbowoods, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.