World War I
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MIA
MIA
Cogswell, ND
County:
Sargent
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Rank:
Pvt.
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
59th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division
Circumstances:
Killed in action, on Aug. 11, 1918.
Buried in France. Grave unlocated. Tablets of the Missing at Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Fere-en-Tardenois, France
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Burke county.
Information found in Volume 1, page 911 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Registered Sargent county. Born, Alcester, S. Dak., March 23, 1891, of American parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Forman on Sept. 17, 1917. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company G, 59th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 5, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Aisne-Marne. Defensive Sector: Vesle (Champagne).