State Heroes
World War I
Carl Henry Ford
Zion, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 34th Company, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 21
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Grant, Ill., on Oct. 7, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Olaf Dybdal
McLeod, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 139th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 28
Died, Oct. 7, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 157, Row 12, Block 4, Argonne-American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France. Reburied, McLeod, N. Dak.
James Henry Priest
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 5th Limited Service Training Regiment
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 30
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 7, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2609 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Clyde Verdi Claflin
World War I
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Dunwoody Naval Training Institute
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 20
Died at Minneapolis, Minn., on Oct. 7, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 1, page 562 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Jake Sommerville
Bowden, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Supply Company, 42nd Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 7, 1918, at Camp Custer, Mich.
Buried, Bowdon, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Jake Somervill.
Frank Nieman
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 34th Company,161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 7, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2334 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
John Klukas
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 78th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 29
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 7, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1699 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Clarence Anton Pederson
Primrose, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 34th Company, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 29
Died of pneumonia at Camp Grant, Ill., on Oct. 7, 1918.
Buried in Primrose township, Steele county, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Traill county.
Cpl. George Murdock Bissett
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 58th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 29
Killed in action at Argonne, France, on Oct. 7, 1918.
Buried in Grave 16, Row 5, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Lavern James Thompson
Cavalier, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 20
Killed in action on Oct. 7, 1918.
Buried in France. Reburied, Cavalier, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
John Herdt
Max, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 53rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 25
Died at Augusta, Ga., on Oct. 7, 1918.
Buried at Max, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Arthur Oldmouse
Elbowoods, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company No. 22, September Automatic Replacement Draft
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 29
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 7, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 12, 1920, and buried at Elbowoods, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Oscar Westby
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 12th Company, 3rd Battalion, 160th Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 25
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 7, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 3434 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Otto Emanuel Moberg
Milnor, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 4th Ammunition Train
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 30
Died on Oct. 7, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 4, 1921, and buried in Grave 3101, European Section, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
August Havervold
Schafer, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 14th Trench Mortar Battery
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 7, 1918.
Buried at Schafer, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.