State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Fred Wilson
Holyoke, MA
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 116th Engineers
Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 32
Died of influenza on Oct. 4, 1918.
Buried, Grave 6, Row 30, Block B, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, 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
John Oscar
Jerseyville, IL
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 307th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 28
Killed in action on Oct. 4, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 14, 1921, and buried in Grave 3528, European Section, Arlington National Cemetery, Va.
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
Corporal Levi Douglas Johnson
Ayr, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 18th Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action near Exermond, France, on Oct. 4, 1918.
Buried, Grave 5, Row 45, Block B, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Howard Andy Hazlett
Hope, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 78th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 28
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 4, 1918.
Buried at Hope, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
John Joseph Schindler
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 139th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 24
Died on Oct. 4, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 26, Row 11, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
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
John L. Larson
Garfield, WI
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 110th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 03, 1918 / Age: 25
Died on Oct. 3, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 17, 1921, and buried in South Beef River Cemetery, Garfield, Wis.
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
William Melum
Amherst Junction, WI
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Medical Department
Date of Loss: October 03, 1918 / Age: 28
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 3, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2136 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Sigurd Lima
Cooperstown
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 308th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 03, 1918 / Age: 26
Killed in action on Oct. 3, 1918.
Buried, Grave 11, 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
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
William Everett Boss
Hale, MO
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Signal Corps, Fort Leavenworth, Kans.
Date of Loss: October 03, 1918 / Age: 32
Died of pneumonia, at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., on Oct. 3, 1918.
Buried at Hale, Mo.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.