Carl Bostrom Jr.

St. Mihiel American Cemetery and Memorial with rows of white crosses on a green lawn, two American flags, and a white memorial building in the background.

World War I (WWI)
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Fallen

McHenry, ND


County:
Griggs

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.1st Class

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Battery B, 1st Trench Mortar Battalion

Circumstances:

Died at Mesves Hospital Center, Army Postoffice No. 798, France, on Feb. 3, 1919.

Buried, Grave 36, Row 1, Block C, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Foster county as Carl Bostrum Jr.

Information found in Volume 1, page 349 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Not a registrant, under age. Born, Cooperstown, N. Dak., Oct. 1, 1897, of Swedish-American parents. Occupation - clerk. Enlisted at Fargo on Nov. 28, 1917. Sent to Jefferson Barracks, Mo. Served in Battery B, 1st Trench Mortar Battalion (1st Battalion, Trench Artillery), to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, Oct. 12, 1918. Overseas from March 30, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne.