Edward Daniel Hennessy

World War I
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Fallen

Houston, MN

County:
Walsh

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.1st Class

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Headquarters Company, 362nd Infantry

Circumstances:

Killed in action at Gesness, France, on Sept. 29, 1918.

Buried in Grave 2, Row 40, Block G, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery.

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

Information found in Volume 2, page 1324 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered, Sheridan county, Mont. Born, FIouston, Minn., Nov. 8, 1888, of American parents. Occupation - railway engineer. Inducted at Whitetail, Mont., on Sept. 18, 1917. Sent to Camp Lewis, Wash. Served in Company A, 362nd Infantry, to Oct. 22, 1917; Headquarters Company, 362nd Infantry, to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, Feb. 1, 1918. Overseas from July 6, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sector: Aubreville (Lorraine).