Don Alfred Whitmore

WWI soldiers in gear silhouetted.

World War I (WWI)
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Fallen

Drayton, ND


County:
Ward

Date of Loss:

Military Service:
    Rank:
    Mess Sergeant
    Branch of Service:
    Army
    Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
    Company B
    Regiment / Group / Brigade:
    348th Infantry Regiment
    Conflicts Served:
    World War I (WWI)

Circumstances:

Died of influenza on Oct. 16, 1918.

Buried in American Cemetery No. 25, in Grave No. 336, Section B, at Galence, France.

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

Information found in Volume 4, page 3455 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered St. Paul, Minn. Born, Drayton, N. Dak., Jan. 5, 1890, of American parents. Occupation - baggageman. Inducted at St. Paul, Minn., on Sept. 21, 1917. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Headquarters Company, 351st Infantry, to Nov. 26, 1917; Company B, 348th Infantry, to death. Grades: Cook, Dec. 11, 1917; Sergeant, June 14, 1918; Mess Sergeant, June 14, 1918. Overseas from Aug. 24, 1918, to death.