Emil Henry Kaehn

Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne, France

World War I (WWI)
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MIA

County:
Benson

Date of Loss:

Recovered:

Military Service:
    Rank:
    Private
    Branch of Service:
    Army
    Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
    Company I
    Regiment / Group / Brigade:
    137th Infantry Regiment
    Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:
    35th Division
    Conflicts Served:
    World War I (WWI)

Circumstances:

Missing in Action or Buried at Sea.

Killed in action on Oct. 1, 1918.

Grave unlocated. Tablets of the Missing at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne, France

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

Information found in Volume 2, page 1617 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Benson county. Born, Marion county, Kans., Feb. 7, 1896, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - laborer. Inducted at Minnewaukan on April 1, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company G, 2nd Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 20, 1918; Company I, 137th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Gerardmer (Alsace); Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine).