World War I
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Fallen
Fallen
County:
Ward
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company G, 139th Infantry
Circumstances:
Killed in action on Sept. 27, 1918.
Buried in Grave 12, Row 12, Block G, 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 3, page 2145 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Registered Ward county. Born, West Cowes, England, Dec. 28, 1886. Citizenship, alien. Occupation - laborer. Inducted at Minot on March 29, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company D, 1st Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 20, 1918; Company G, 139th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Gerardmer (Alsace); Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine).