World War I
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Fallen
Fallen
County:
Wells
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company M, 357th Infantry
Circumstances:
Killed in action on Sept. 13, 1918.
Buried, Grave 23, Row 8, Block C, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2367 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Registered (place not given). Born, Nybro Rafvelsbygd, Sweden, Oct., 1888. Citizenship, (not given). Occupation - unknown. Inducted at Fessenden on April 28, 1918. Served in Company C, 313th Engineers, to May 16, 1918; Company M, 357th Infantry, to death. Overseas from June 20, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: St. Mihiel. Defensive Sector: Villers-en-Haye (Lorraine).