Charles William Beck

Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.

World War I (WWI)
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Fallen

Hot Springs, AR


County:
Ward

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Private

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company I

Regiment / Group / Brigade:
18th 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:

Killed in action at Soissons, France, on July 18, 1918.

Buried, Grave 2, Row 36, Block A, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.

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

Information found in Volume 1, page 209 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Not a registrant. Born, Hot Springs, Ark., Oct. 7, 1893, of American parents. Occupation - laborer. Enlisted in Company D, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Minot, on July 23, 1917. Served in Company D, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company D, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 9, 1918; Company I, 18th Infantry, to death. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Aisne-Marne. 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.