State Heroes
World War I
Pvt. Peter Kurske
Appleton, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: May 12, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on May 12, 1918.
Returned to U. S., Nov. 3, 1922. Buried, Grave 4573, World War Section, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Ernest Sanders
Frederick, WIWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 4th Company, Provisional Battalion, 138th Infantry
Date of Loss: May 10, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of scarlet fever, on May 10, 1918.
Buried at sea.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Pvt. Thorvald Brenden
Kerkhoven, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: May 10, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on May 10, 1918.
Buried, Kerkhoven, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Pvt. Edgar Roy Chandler
Gardner, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: May 09, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on May 9, 1918.
Buried in Grave No. 6, Row 7, Block D, Somme American Cemetery, Bony, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Carl Alfred Arneson
Coulee, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 1st Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: May 09, 1918 / Age: 29
Died of broncho pneumonia on May 9, 1918.
Buried at Coulee, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Pvt. Elmer Dennis Miller
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 164th Ambulance Company, 116th Sanitary Train
Date of Loss: May 08, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on May 8, 1918.
Buried, Grave 16, Row 2, Block C, Somme American Cemetery, Bony, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
George Francis Ross
New England, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 8th Company, 163rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: May 07, 1918 / Age: 21
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on May 7, 1918.
Buried at New England, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Ezra William Barrows
Lake Wilson, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: May 07, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on May 7, 1918.
Buried near Villers, Tournells, Somme, France. Reburied at Lake Wilson, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND (possibly under Dunn county as Ezra Burrows).
Pvt. Albert Glen Bailey
Arvilla, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: May 07, 1918 / Age: 26
Killed in action on May 7, 1918.
Buried in Grave 15, Row 16, Block C, Somme American Cemetery, Bony, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Pvt. Rolly W. Darling
Berthold, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: May 06, 1918 / Age: 27
Died on May 6, 1918, at Field Hospital No. 12, Bonvillers, France, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Bonvillers, Oise, France, Grave No. 29. Remains returned to U. S. on April 5, 1921, and buried in Wildrose Cemetery, Berthold, N. Dak.
John Rabbithead
Elbowoods, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company P, 163rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: May 05, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of heart block, on May 5, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2627 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Charles Sanders
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Supply Company, 337th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: May 05, 1918 / Age: 28
Died of pneumonia on May 5, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 2816 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Edward Byron DeLong
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 349th Infantry
Date of Loss: May 04, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia, on May 4, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 1, page 703 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Pvt.1st Class Emil Sigfrid Olson
Bergen, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery C, 338th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: May 03, 1918 / Age: 23
Died at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on May 3, 1918.
Buried at Bergen, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
William C. Schneider
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 1st Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: May 02, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia on May 2, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 2868 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.