Albert T. Vanderwaal

WWI soldiers wearing gear silhouetted.

World War I (WWI)
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Fallen

County:
Sioux

Date of Loss:

Military Service:
    Rank:
    Private First Class
    Branch of Service:
    Army
    Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
    Company A
    Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:
    348th Machine Gun Battalion
    Conflicts Served:
    World War I (WWI)

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).