Claude Arvel Marsh

Oise-Aisne American cemetery scene with rows of white headstones, green lawns, and trimmed trees. A U.S. flag waves atop a tall flagpole under a partly cloudy sky.

World War I (WWI)
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Fallen

Hope, ND


County:
Williams

Date of Loss:

Military Service:
    Branch of Service:
    Army
    Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
    Company E, 164th Infantry
    Conflicts Served:
    World War I (WWI)

Circumstances:

Killed in action, July 20, 1918.

Buried in Grave 21, Row 37, Block B, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.

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

Information found in Volume 3, page 2085 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Williams county. Born, Hope, N. Dak., Jan. 8, 1896, of American parents. Occupation - farmer. Enlisted in Company E, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Williston, on July 21, 1917. Served in Company E, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company E, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 18, 1918; Company H, 26th Infantry, to death. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Aisne-Marne. Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy).