State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Private Jacob Miller Geyer
Sheyenne, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 112th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 28th Division
Date of Loss: October 02, 1918 / Age: 29
Killed in action on Oct. 2, 1918.
Buried, in Grave 12, Row 3, 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
Pvt. Ross E. French
Detroit, IL
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 02, 1918 / Age: 26
Died on Oct. 2, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 4, Row 22, Block B, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Pvt. Roland Whitie Jones
Kramer, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 352nd Infantry Regiment, 88th Division
Date of Loss: October 02, 1918 / Age: 27
Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 2, 1918.
Buried in Grave 2, Row 9, 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
Pvt. Iver Halvorson
Cooperstown
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 140th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division
Date of Loss: October 02, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action, on Oct. 2, 1918.
Buried, Grave 37, Row 16, 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
Cpl. Virgil Raymond Erickson
Devils Lake, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 02, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on Oct. 2, 1918.
Buried in France. Reburied in Kato township, Ramsey county, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Olai Rue
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 138th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 02, 1918 / Age: 24
Died on Oct. 2, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 2, Row 27, 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
George Thomas Taylor
Rapid City, SD
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 138th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 02, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on Oct. 2, 1918.
Buried, Grave 31, Row 12, Block B, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Forrest Eugene Williams
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 34th Company, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 02, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 2, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 3477 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Pvt. Bert Melvin Fossen
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 138th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division
Date of Loss: October 02, 1918 / Age: 26
Died in Field Hospital at Buzancy, Germany, on Oct. 2, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 34, Row 39, Block G, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Alvin O. Kvenshagen
Northwood, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 23rd Infantry
Date of Loss: October 02, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action, at Mont Blanc Ridge, Champagne Sector, on Oct. 2, 1918.
1918
James A. Palmer
Newlon, MT
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Fort Caswell September Automatic Replacement Draft, Company No. 2
Date of Loss: October 02, 1918 / Age: 37
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 2, 1918, at Camp Merritt, N. J.
Buried, Newlon, Mont.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
August Schnell
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 137th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 02, 1918 / Age: 30
Killed in action on Oct. 2, 1918.
Grave unlocated.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Herman Nicolay Skjerseth
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 138th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 02, 1918 / Age: 31
Killed in action, on Oct. 2, 1918, at Commune of Chatel-Chehery, Dept. Ardennes.
Buried, Grave 9, Row 26, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Frederik Laurids Ingvorsen
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 357th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 02, 1918 / Age: 28
Killed in action on Oct. 2, 1918.
Buried, Tine Grove, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France. Remains returned to Denmark and consigned to Mr. Hans Ingvorsen, Dalby Taagerup pe. Thureby, Sjalland, Denmark.
1918
Richard Mettler
Freeman, SD
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 306th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on Oct. 1, 1918.
Buried in Grave 33, Row 42, 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 Wilhelm Hanson
Spring Valley, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 351st Infantry
Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 28
Died of pneumonia, at Hericourt, France, on Oct. 1, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. May 25, 1921, and buried at Spring Valley, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.