State Heroes
World War I
1918
Charles Edward LaBrash
World War I
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 79th Company
Date of Loss: October 03, 1918 / Age: 30
Killed in action on Oct. 3, 1918.
Burial, Grave No. 2727, Arlington National Cemetery, Va.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Gilman Morstad
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 47th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 03, 1918 / Age: 29
Died on Oct. 3, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 2, Row 19, Block A, Suresnes American Cemetery, Suresnes, Seine, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Freeman L. Gravley
Sargent, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 40th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 03, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of broncho pneumonia on Oct. 3, 1918, at Camp Custer, Mich.
Buried at Sargent, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
John L. Larson
Garfield, WIWorld War I
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
William Melum
Amherst Junction, WIWorld War I
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
Martin A. Tofte
Springbrook, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 53rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 03, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 3, 1918, at Camp Hancock, Ga.
Buried, Springbrook, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Charlie Redman Schoonover
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 14th Company, Motor Truck Division, Machine Gun Training Center
Date of Loss: October 03, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of influenza on Oct. 3, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 2872 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Cook Frank Coleman
Lancaster, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 58th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 02, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Oct. 2, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 18, 1921, and buried at Lancaster, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Forrest Eugene Williams
World War I
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
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
Pvt. David Knittel
Napolean, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 140th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division
Date of Loss: October 02, 1918 / Age: 24
Died in Field Hospital, Buzancy, Germany, on Oct. 2, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 17, Row 11, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Olai Rue
World War I
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
1918
George Thomas Taylor
Rapid City, SDWorld War I
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
Herman Nicolay Skjerseth
World War I
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.