State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
1st Lt. Thomas Lyle Russell
Minneapolis, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 47th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on Oct. 4, 1918, at Bois de Brieulles.
Buried, Cemetery No. 735, Bois de Brieulles.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Apprentice Seaman Alfred Lund
Nekoma, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill.
Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 17
Died at Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill., on Oct. 4, 1918.
Buried, Nekoma, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Sgt. Ralph C. Rose
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 126th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Oct. 4, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 2757 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Pvt. John Wesley Green
Dawson, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 26
Killed in action in Meuse-Argonne offensive, Oct. 4, 1918.
Buried in Grave 6, Row 34, Block A, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Edward A. Thompson
Toronto, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 16th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 20
Killed in action on Oct. 4, 1918.
Buried, Grave 28, Row 4, 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
Private William Gillson
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 116th Engineer Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 41st Division
Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age:
1918
Pvt.1st Class John Tomala
Peirz, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 5th Field Battalion, Signal Corps
Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Oct. 4, 1918.
Buried in France. Reburied at Peirz, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Divide county.
1918
Pvt. John Florhaug
Kensal, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 147th Machine Gun Battalion
Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action, at Meuse-Argonne, on Oct. 4, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 10, 1921, and buried at Kensal, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Cpl. Richard Albert Burkhardt
Beach, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 28
Killed in action on Oct. 4, 1918.
Returned to U. S. and buried, Grave 3904, European Section, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Anton Amundson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 33rd Company
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of lobar pneumonia on Oct. 4, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 1, page 47 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Henry August Brandt
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 03, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on Oct. 3, 1918.
Buried, Grave 8, Row 18, 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
Pvt.1st Class Earl LeRoy Cherry
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 305th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 03, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Oct. 3, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 1, page 537 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Ermiston Oscar Douglas
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 34th Company, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 03, 1918 / Age: 21
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Grant, Ill., on Oct. 3, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Jacob Klein
Dickinson, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 78th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 03, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of broncho penumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 3, 1918.
Buried at Dickinson, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
August Toreson
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 03, 1918 / Age: 22
Died on Oct. 3, 1918, of pneumonia.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 3265 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Pvt. Benjamin Franklin Clark
Brainerd, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 23rd Infantry
Date of Loss: October 03, 1918 / Age: 30
Killed in action on Oct. 3, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S., Sept. 19, 1921, and buried at Brainerd, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.