World War I
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Fallen
Fallen
County:
Barnes
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company L, 139th Infantry
Circumstances:
Killed in action, Argonne, on Sept. 28, 1918.
Buried, Grave 7, Row 23, Block G, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 2891 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Registered Barnes county. Born, Valley City, N. Dak., Feb. 26, 1893, of American-Danish parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Valley City, on March 28, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company F, 5th Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 20, 1918; Company L, 139th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Gerardmer (Alsace); Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine).