Einar Brateng

The memorial chapel at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery showing aligned headstones and tree-lined walkways.

World War I (WWI)
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Fallen

County:
Ramsey

Date of Loss:

Military Service:
    Rank:
    Cpl.
    Branch of Service:
    Army
    Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
    Company A, 39th Infantry
    Conflicts Served:
    World War I (WWI)

Circumstances:

Killed in action on Sept. 27, 1918.

Buried, Grave 18, Row 25, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Information found in Volume 1, page 380 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Ramsey county. Born, Ringsaker, Norway, Dec. 22, 1891. Declarant citizen. Occupation - farmer. Enlisted at Camp Greene, N. C., on March 16, 1918. Served in Company A, 39th Infantry, to death. Grade: Corporal, Aug. 21, 1918. Overseas from May 10, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Verdun-Fromereville and Toulon (Lorraine); Vesle (Champagne).