World War I
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Fallen
Fallen
County:
Grand Forks
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company B, 9th Infantry
Circumstances:
Killed in action on July 18, 1918.
Buried in Grave 24, Row 33, Block D, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 3066 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Registered Grand Forks county. Born, Mekinock, N. Dak., Aug. 14, 1890, of Norwegian parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Grand Forks on Sept. 22, 1917. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company M, 352nd Infantry, to Nov. 29, 1917; Company L, 347th Infantry, to July 8, 1918; Company G, 163rd Infantry, to July 13, 1918; Company B, 9th Infantry, to death. Overseas from June 20, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Aisne-Marne. Defensive Sector: Chateau-Thierry (Ile-de-France).