World War I (WWI)
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Fallen
Fallen
De Groat, ND
County:
Ramsey
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Rank:
Cpl.
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company A, 137th Machine Gun Battalion
Circumstances:
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 14, 1918.
Buried at sea.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 2786 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Registered Ramsey county. Born, De Groat, N. Dak., Dec. 11, 1889, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Devils Lake on June 15, 1918. Served in Company A, 137th Machine Gun Battalion, to death. Grade: Corporal, Sept. 12, 1918. Overseas from Oct. 6, 1918, to death.