State Heroes
World War I
1918
Cpl. George Elisha Tibbets
Onalaska, WIWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 27
Killed in action, Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried in Grave 3, Row 7, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Stanislys Kobelanski
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 33rd Company, 161st Depot Brigade
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 9, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1718 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
George Swiggum
Hilendal, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 77th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 27
Died of pneumonia, Oct. 9, 1918, at Base Hospital, Camp Custer Mich.
Buried in Hilendal Cemetery, Hilendal township, Richland county, North Dakota.
1918
Cpl. Richard Blue Earth
Cannon Ball, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Oct. 9, 1918, to the Meuse-Argonne Offensive.
Buried, Grave No. 97, Section No. 27, Plot No. 2, Cemetery No. 1232, Argonne-American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France. Reburied at Cannon Ball, N. Dak.
1918
Pvt.1st Class George Wieglenda
Alliance, OHWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 20
Killed in action in the Meuse-Argonne offensive, on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried in Grave 23, Row 25, Block A, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Clarence Thomas Butler
Newry, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 132nd Infantry
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 31
Killed in action on Oct. 9, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. Sept. 12, 1921, and buried at Newry, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Clarence A Butler.
1918
Bernt Helmer Sund
Wendell, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 128th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 27
Died, Oct. 9, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 15, 1921, and buried in Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Wendell, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Marcus E. Callahan
Minto, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of wounds received in action, Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Jan. 25, 1922, and consigned to Mike Callahan, Minto, N. Dak. (place of burial unknown).
1918
Pvt.1st Class Harley Edgar Wallace
Tomah, WIWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 19
Killed in Meuse-Argonne on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried, Tomah, Wis.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Golden Valley county.
1918
Pvt.1st Class Hilton Givens
Grafton, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 26
Killed in action on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried in France. Reburied at Grafton, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Ignace Kushnir
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Company, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 27
Killed in action on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried, Grave 8, Row 29, Block G, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Gunnar Haugan
Galesburg, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery C, 36th Artillery, Coast Artillery Corps
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 21
Died of pneumonia, at Fort Barrancas, Fla., on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried at Galesburg, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
PFC Frank Jabez Piper
Ashley, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Evacuation Hospital No. 10
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 31
Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. Aug. 8, 1921, and buried at Ashley, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Cpl. John Alexander Bonnett
Grand Forks, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 12, 1921, and consigned to Mrs. Isabelle Howelsen, Grand Forks, N. Dak. Buried at Memorial Park Cemetery. Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, North Dakota.
1918
PFC William F. Leisner
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 339th Machine Gun Battalion
Date of Loss: October 09, 1918 / Age: 24
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried, Grave 28, Row 24, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemeter, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.