State Heroes
World War I
James A. Palmer
Newlon, MTWorld War I
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.
Pvt. Jacob Miller Geyer
Sheyenne, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 112th Infantry Regiment, 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.
August Schnell
World War I
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.
Pvt.1st Class Frederik Laurids Ingvorsen
World War I
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.
Pvt. Iver Halvorson
World War I
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.
Pvt. Roland Whitie Jones
Kramer, NDWorld War I
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.
2nd Lt. Lester Mills Smith
Grand Forks, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery C, 107th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 02, 1918 / Age: 26
Killed in action on Oct. 2, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. Sept. 6, 1921, and buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Grand Forks, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Pvt. John Van Lishout
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company No. 33, 9th Battalion, 153rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 02, 1918 / Age: 29
Died on Oct. 2, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 3327 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Cpl. Virgil Raymond Erickson
Devils Lake, NDWorld War I
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.
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.
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.
Sgt. Edwin Oscar Estby
Falsen, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 78th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 29
Died of pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 1, 1918.
Buried at Falsen, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Pvt.1st Class Wyatt E. Silker
Babcock, IAWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on Oct. 1, 1918.
Buried, Grave 31, Row 23, Block A, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Arthur C. Larson
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 140th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action at Exermont, France, on Oct. 1, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on July 28, 1921, and buried in Grave 2444, European Section, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
Thedor G. Larson
Nearson, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 140th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 01, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on Oct. 1, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 15, 1921, and buried at Nearson, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.