Albert T. Vanderwaal

World War I
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Fallen

County:
Sioux

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.1st Class

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company A, 348th Machine Gun Battalion

Circumstances:

Killed in action on Nov. 1, 1918.

Buried, Grave 1, Row 4, Block D, Flanders Field American Cemetery, Waereghem, Belgium.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Information found in Volume 4, page 3324 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Sioux county. Born, Durham, Iowa, Aug. 14, 1889, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Fort Yates on May 25, 1918. Sent to Camp Lewis, Wash. Served in 11th Company, 3rd Battalion, 166th Depot Brigade, to June 20, 1918; Company A, 348th Machine Gun Battalion, to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, Oct. 29, 1918. Overseas from July 6, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensives: Ypres-Lys; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sector: Aubreville (Lorraine).