State Heroes
World War I
Cpl. John Alexander Bonnett
Grand Forks, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 12, 1921, and consigned to Mrs. Isabelle Howelsen, Grand Forks, N. Dak. Buried at Memorial Park Cemetery. Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, North Dakota.
PFC William F. Leisner
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 339th Machine Gun Battalion
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried, Grave 28, Row 24, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemeter, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Pvt.1st Class Orville Peter Kilroy
Porterville, CAWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 39
Killed in action at Argonne Forest, France, on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 9, 1921, and buried in Catholic Cemetery, Porterville, Calif.
Pvt. Robert Franklin Richter
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 328th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 21
Killed in action on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried at Argonne Woods. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 12, 1921, and consigned to Mr. Reppeto, Depot Agent, Esmond, N. Dak. Buried in Rosehill Cemetery, Esmond, ND.
Bernard Hagen
Park River, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 78th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 9, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1166 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Clarence Thomas Butler
Newry, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 132nd Infantry
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 31
Killed in action on Oct. 9, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. Sept. 12, 1921, and buried at Newry, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Clarence A Butler.
Cpl. George Elisha Tibbets
Onalaska, WIWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 27
Killed in action, Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried in Grave 3, Row 7, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Stanislys Kobelanski
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 33rd Company, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 9, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1718 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Pvt. Archie LeRoy Gilmore
Hartley, IAWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action, Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried, Grave 37, Row 23, Block A, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Pvt.1st Class George Wieglenda
Alliance, OHWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 20
Killed in action in the Meuse-Argonne offensive, on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried in Grave 23, Row 25, Block A, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Bernt Helmer Sund
Wendell, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 128th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 27
Died, Oct. 9, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 15, 1921, and buried in Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Wendell, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Pvt.1st Class Harley Edgar Wallace
Tomah, WIWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 19
Killed in Meuse-Argonne on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried, Tomah, Wis.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Golden Valley county.
Cpl. George Thomas Christensen
Flaxton, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Motor Truck Company No. 471, 418th Motor Supply Train
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 21
Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 9, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. May 31, 1921, and buried at Flaxton, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Gunnar Haugan
Galesburg, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery C, 36th Artillery, Coast Artillery Corps
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 21
Died of pneumonia, at Fort Barrancas, Fla., on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried at Galesburg, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Vernon Howard Terrill
Fairmount, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 26th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 20
Killed in action on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried in France. Reburied at Fairmount, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.