State Heroes
World War I
Pvt. James Andrew Conery
Graceville, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery B, 127th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried in France; remains returned to U. S. on Nov. 18, 1920, and buried in Lakeside Cemetery, Graceville, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Maurice Verschelde
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Ambulance Company No. 350, 313th Sanitary Train
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 27
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried, Grave 25, Row 25, Block G, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Sgt. Ross Reuben Chapman
Hanover, ILWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 30th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 21
Killed in action at Meuse-Argonne, on Oct. 10, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S., Sept. 7, 1921, and buried at Hanover, Ill.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Fred W. Skubinna
Churchtown, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Supply Company, 41st Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 10, 1918, at Camp Custer, Mich.
Buried, Churchtown, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Jacob Jake Unruh
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 33rd Company, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 21
Died at Camp Grant, Ill., on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried, Mercer county.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Pvt.1st Class Arthur Eugene Shaw
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action at Argonne Forest, Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried in Grave 8, Row 37, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
William Arthur Rasmusen
Fargo, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery A, 40th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 28
Died of pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried at Fargo, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as William A Rasmussen.
George Hughes Hayden
Carpio, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Supply Company, 40th Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 29
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried at Carpio, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
John William Kendrew
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 42nd Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 10, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1655 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Pvt.1st Class Fred Arthur May
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 27
Killed in action on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried in Grave 38, Row 19, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Frederick A. Roskam
Cyrus, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery B, 42nd Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 27
Died of broncho pneumonia, on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried at Cyrus, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Albert W. Wallner
New Ulm, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 19
Killed in action on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 1, 1921, and buried in Catholic Cemetery, New Ulm, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Benjamin H. Stowell
Bemidji, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery E, 41st Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 26
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 10, 1918, at Camp Custer, Mich.
Buried, Bemidji, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Pvt.1st Class Richard Jonathon Carlson
Derrick, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 352nd Infantry
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 10, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on June 6, 1921, and consigned to P. T. Carlson, Parkers Prairie, Minn. (place of burial not given).
Leonard Lindy Lieth
Bartlett, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery D, 42nd Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of influenza at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 10, 1918.
Buried, Bartlett, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.