The memorial chapel at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery showing aligned headstones and tree-lined walkways.

World War I (WWI)
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MIA
Fallen

Mandan, ND


County:
Morton

Date of Loss:

Military Service:
    Rank:
    Pvt.1st Class
    Branch of Service:
    Army
    Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
    139th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division
    Conflicts Served:
    World War I (WWI)

Circumstances:

Killed in action, Sept. 26, 1918.

Buried in France. Grave Unlocated. Missing in Action or Buried at Sea. Tablets of the Missing at 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 2, page 1667 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Morton county. Born, Mandan, D. T., June 25, 1889, of English-Canadian parents. Occupation - carpenter. Inducted at Mandan on March 29, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company C, 1st Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 22, 1918; Company F, 139th Infantry, to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, Sept. 1, 1918. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Gerardmer (Alsace); Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine).