Clarence Kittleson

Private Clarence Kittleson in uniform head and shoulder photo

World War I (WWI)
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Denhoff, ND


County:
Sheridan

Military Service:
    Rank:
    Private
    Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
    Company B
    Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:
    7th Machine Gun Battalion

Circumstances:

Wounded in action.

Biography:

Army number 111,889; registrant, Sheridan county; born, Portland, N. Dak., Dec. 5, 1889, of American par ents; occupation, farmer; enlisted in Company El, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Harvey, on July 6, 1917; called into federal service, World War, on July 15, 1917; served in Company H, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company C, 147th Machine Gun Battalion), to June 8, 1918; Company B, 7th Machine Gun Battalion, to discharge. Grade: Private 1st Class, May 21, 1918; overseas from Jan. 11, 1918, to March 22, 1919; wounded, severely, Oct. 21, 1918. Engagements: Offensives: Aisne Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive: Champagne-Marne. Defensive Sector: Chateau-Thierry (Champagne). Discharged at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on April 5, 1919, as a Private, Surgeon's Certificate of Disability, 10%.