State Heroes
World War I
1918
Pvt. Paul Pecher
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 18, 1918 / Age: 19
Killed in action on July 18, 1918.
Buried, Tournan Cemetery, Tournan, Seine-et-Marne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Clarence Elvin Annis
Rugby, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 18, 1918 / Age: 21
Killed in action on July 18, 1918.
Buried in Grave 34, Row 7, Block C, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Ludwig Coy
Wild Rose, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 38th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Division
Date of Loss: July 16, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on July 16, 1918.
Buried, Grave 22, Row 20, Block A, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Robert Park Lyle
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 47th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 15, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on July 15, 1918.
Buried in Grave 77, Row 13, Block A, Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Betteau, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Joseph LeRoy Loomis
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 30th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 15, 1918 / Age: 21
Killed in action on July 15, 1918.
Buried in Grave 22, Row 27, Block B, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Serings-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Cpl. Fred R. Dunn
Charleston, ILWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 15, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on July 15, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on July 17, 1925, and consigned to Mrs. Charles H. Dunn, Charleston, Ill. (place of burial not given).
1918
Pvt. Frank Benedict Holicky
Lakota, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 9th Marchine Gun Battalion
Date of Loss: July 15, 1918 / Age: 21
Killed in action at Chateau-Thierry on July 15, 1918.
Buried, Grave No. 24, Section R, Plot No. 1, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France. Remains returned to U. S. on Jan. 10, 1922, and buried at Lakota, N. Dak.
1918
Willis O. Gish
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 8th Ammunition Train
Date of Loss: July 14, 1918 / Age: 28
Murdered - strangulation - on July 14, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1060 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Pvt.1st Class John J. Nimmo
Devils Lake, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Medical Department
Date of Loss: July 13, 1918 / Age: 28
Died of appendicitis on July 13, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2337 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Pvt. Carl Alfred Oefstedahl
Spring Grove, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 138th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 11, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on July 11, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 1, 1921, and buried at Spring Grove, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Joseph Pirkl
Owatonna, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 138th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 11, 1918 / Age: 29
Killed in action on July 11, 1918.
Buried, Grave 22, Row 26, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Pvt. Jonas A. Helland
Binford, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 137th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division
Date of Loss: July 09, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of meningitis on July 9, 1918.
Buried, Grave 13, Row 22, Block A, Somme American Cemetery, Bony, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Martin Sanders
Mekinock, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 138th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 06, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action, July 6, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 31, 1921, and buried in Middle Grove Cemetery, Mekinock, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Peter Semevolos
Butte, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 138th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 06, 1918 / Age: 26
Killed in action on July 6, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on May 31, 1921, and buried at Butte, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Pete Semevolos.
1918
2nd Lt. Grant Andrew McDonald
Grafton, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 349th Infantry
Date of Loss: July 04, 1918 / Age: 23
Died at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on July 4, 1918, of accidental gunshot wound.
Buried at Grafton, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.