State Heroes
World War I
1918
PFC Ralph Armijo Bergan
Valley City, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 322nd Aero Squadron
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 25
Died at Urbana, Ill., on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried at Valley City, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Wagoner Ray Earl Vessey
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 339th Machine Gun Battalion
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried, Grave 29, Row 23, 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. John S. Bannister
Jamestown, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action, Meuse-Argonne, Oct. 10, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 17, 1921, and buried in Highland Cemetery, Jamestown, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Ernest Julius Alfred Erickson
Wilton, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 361st Infantry
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 29
Killed in action in Argonne Forest, on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried, Wilton, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Ole Kleven
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery B, 40th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 10, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1694 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Pvt. Boyd Eagleson
Milton, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 23
Died on Oct. 10, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried in Grave 19, Row 19, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Walter B. Brown
Brainerd, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on Oct. 10, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 10, 1921, and buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Brainerd, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Fred W. Skubinna
Churchtown, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Supply Company, 41st Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 10, 1918, at Camp Custer, Mich.
Buried, Churchtown, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Jacob Jake Unruh
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 33rd Company, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 21
Died at Camp Grant, Ill., on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried, Mercer county.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Arthur Eugene Shaw
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action at Argonne Forest, Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried in Grave 8, Row 37, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Pvt. James Andrew Conery
Graceville, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery B, 127th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried in France; remains returned to U. S. on Nov. 18, 1920, and buried in Lakeside Cemetery, Graceville, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Maurice Verschelde
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Ambulance Company No. 350, 313th Sanitary Train
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 27
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried, Grave 25, Row 25, 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
Sgt. Ross Reuben Chapman
Hanover, ILWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 30th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 21
Killed in action at Meuse-Argonne, on Oct. 10, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S., Sept. 7, 1921, and buried at Hanover, Ill.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
George Hughes Hayden
Carpio, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Supply Company, 40th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 29
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried at Carpio, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
William Arthur Rasmusen
Fargo, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery A, 40th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 28
Died of pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried at Fargo, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as William A Rasmussen.