World War I
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Fallen
Fallen
County:
Cass
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company B, 164th Infantry
Circumstances:
Killed in action, on July 23, 1918.
Buried, in France; reburied in Grave 1952, Arlington National Cemetery, Va.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 1, page 884 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Not a registrant, under age. Born, Arthur, N. Dak., Nov. 30, 1897, of German-American parents. Occupation - farmer. Enlisted in Company B, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Fargo, on Aug. 20, 1917. Served in Company B, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company B, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 9, 1918; Company D, 18th Infantry, to death. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Aisne-Marne. Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy).