Guy Vivian Benoit

World War I
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Fallen

Verona, ND

County:
LaMoure

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company L, 139th Infantry

Circumstances:

Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.

Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 15, 1921, and buried at LaMoure, N. Dak.

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

Information found in Volume 1, page 233 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered LaMoure county. Born, Lakefield, Minn., Dec. 28, 1892, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - farmer. Inducted at LaMoure on March 28, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company F, 2nd Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 20, 1918; Company L, 139th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensives: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine); Gerardmer (Alsace).