Earl Laverne Kneeland

World War I
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Fallen

Winnebago, MN

County:
Stutsman

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company D, 139th Infantry

Circumstances:

Died of pneumonia, on Nov. 12, 1918.

Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 1, 1921, and buried at Winnebago, Minn.

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

Information found in Volume 2, page 1702 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Stutsman county. Born, Wadena, Minn., Oct. 4, 1894, of American parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Jamestown on April 2, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in 3rd Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 21, 1918; Company D, 139th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Gerardmer (Alsace); Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine).