World War I (WWI)
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Fallen
Fallen
Atwater, MN
County:
Williams
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company B, 137th Infantry
Circumstances:
Killed in action in Argonne Forest, on Sept. 28, 1918.
Buried in France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2345 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Registered Williams county. Born, Atwater, Minn., Oct. 19, 1893, of Swedish parents. Occupation - jeweler. Inducted at Williston on March 29, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company I, 3rd Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 20, 1918; Company B, 137th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagement: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne.