Frank Leslie Townsend

Silhouette of two soldiers walking with helmets, rifles, and heavy packs against a cloudy sky.

World War I (WWI)
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Fallen

LaMoure, ND


County:
LaMoure

Date of Loss:

Military Service:
    Branch of Service:
    Army
    Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
    Company M, 137th Infantry
    Conflicts Served:
    World War I (WWI)

Circumstances:

Killed in action on Sept. 27, 1918.

Buried, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 19, 1921, and buried at LaMoure, N. Dak.

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

Information found in Volume 4, page 3273 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered LaMoure county. Born, Luverne, Minn., April 14, 1894, of American parents. Occupation - laborer. Inducted at LaMoure on April 2, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company L, 3rd Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 21, 1918; Company M, 137th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sector: Gerardmer (Alsace).