Alfred Goodwin in military uniform.

World War I (WWI)
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MIA

Oakes, ND


County:
Dickey

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Private

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company I

Regiment / Group / Brigade:
16th Infantry Regiment

Engagements/Battles:
Aisne-Marne
Montdidier-Noyon
Ansauville (Lorraine)
Cantigny (Picardy)

Circumstances:

Killed in action on July 19, 1918.

Grave unlocated. Tablets of the Missing at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, France.

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

Information found in Volume 2, page 1079 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Not a registrant, under age. Born, Omaha, Nebr., Sept. 11, 1899, of American parents. Occupation - laborer. Enlisted in Company K, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Ellendale, on Sept. 8, 1917. Served in Company K, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (162nd Ambulance Company, 116th Sanitary Train), to Nov. 19, 1917; Company K, 164th Infantry, to Jan. 9, 1918; Company I, 16th Infantry, to death. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Aisne-Marne. Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. Defensive SectorsL Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy).