State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Thor Thorvalsen
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 24
Died on pneumonia on Oct. 5, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 3243 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Fireman Third Class Earl Dorencourt Young
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Comfort
Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 23
Died on USS Comfort, at New York, N. Y., on Oct. 5, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Amund Olauson
Cooperstown
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 307th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 27
Died on Oct. 5, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 28, Row 46, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Edward George Kincaid
Judson, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 78th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 5, 1918.
Buried at Judson, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Sgt. Russell E. Davis
Grafton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 19
Died of diphtheria at Base Hospital No. 66, Neufchateau, France, on Oct. 5, 1918.
Buried at Neufchateau, France. Remains returned to U. S. on Dec. 16, 1921, and consigned to Mirr M. Shannon, Grafton, N. Dak. (place of burial not given).
1918
Raymond B. Thorn
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 19
Killed in action on Oct. 5, 1918.
Buried, Grave 31, Row 38, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Leete Gladstone Van Syckle
Grand Forks, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 53rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of influenza pneumonia at Camp Hancock, Ga., on Oct. 5, 1918.
Buried at Grand Forks, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
1st Lt. Kennedy Scott Wanner
Cooperstown, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 308th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on Oct. 5, 1918.
Buried, Grave 25, Row 6, Block A, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Elmer Sagen
Roseau, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 34th Company, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 5, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 2803 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Edgar John Dunnigan
Olga, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 34th Company, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 27
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Grant, Ill., on Oct. 5, 1918.
Buried at Olga, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Magnus H. Bjornson
Mountain, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 78th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 5, 1918.
Buried at Mountain, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class John Mitchell
Red Butte, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Medical Department
Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Sevier, S. C., on Oct. 5, 1918.
Buried at Red Butte, Oliver county, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. William Krening
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 111th Infantry Regiment, 28th Division
Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 26
Killed in action on Oct. 5, 1918.
Buried in Grave 33, Row 4, Block F, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Joseph Phillip Lucier
Walhalla, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 352nd Infantry
Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 5, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. and consigned to Antoine Lucier, Walhalla, N. Dak. (place of burial not given).
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Nickolaus Sinner
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 35th Company, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 29
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 5, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 2969 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Earl Ezra McLain
Valley City, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 53rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 05, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of influenza on Oct. 5, 1918, at Camp Hancock, Ga.
Buried, Valley City, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.