Austin Bower

Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne, France.

World War I (WWI)
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MIA

County:
Eddy

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Private

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company B

Regiment / Group / Brigade:
26th Infantry Regiment

Listed on/in the:
All Veterans Memorial, State Capitol, Bismarck, ND
Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines, World War I 1917-1918, published 1931

Medals and Honors:
Silver Star

Circumstances:

Died Oct. 8, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Grave unlocated. Missing in Action or Buried at Sea. Tablets of the Missing at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne, France.

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

Information found in Volume 1, page 357 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Not a registrant, underage. Born, Davis Creek, Nebr., Dec. 28, 18966, of American parents. Occupation - farmer. Enlisted in Company B, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at New Rockford, on July 12, 1917. Called into federal service, World War, on July 15, 1917. Served in Company B, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, to Oct. 10, 1917; Company H, 164th Infantry, to Jan. 18, 1918; Company B, 26th Infantry, to death. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Wounded, severely, July 20, 1918. Engagements: Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy). Cited in General Orders No. 1, Headquarters, 1st Division, Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., Jan. 1, 1920, for gallantry in action and especially meritorious services. Entitled to wear a silver star.