Carl Johan Hansen

St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.

World War I (WWI)
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Fallen

County:
Ward

Date of Loss:

Military Service:
    Rank:
    Private First Class
    Branch of Service:
    Army
    Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
    Company L
    Regiment / Group / Brigade:
    131st Infantry
    Conflicts Served:
    World War I (WWI)

Circumstances:

Killed in action on Nov. 10, 1918.

Buried, Grave 17, Row 14, Block D, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.

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

Information found in Volume 2, page 1213 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Ward county. Born, Haugenson, Norway, May 27, 1890. Citizenship, alien. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Grand Rapids, Minn., on Feb. 26, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company C, 352nd Infantry, to April 13, 1918; Company L, 131st Infantry, to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, Nov. 1, 1918. Overseas from May 22, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensives: Somme; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Troyon and Verdun-Fromereville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy).