World War I
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Fallen
Fallen
County:
Bowman
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company H, 139th Infantry
Circumstances:
Killed in action on Sept. 29, 1918.
Buried, Grave 8, Row 4, Block E, 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 1903 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Registered Bowman county. Born, Nye, Wis., Aug. 22, 1892, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - laborer. Inducted at Bowman on March 30, 1918. Sen to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company D, 1st Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 20, 1918; Company H, 139th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Gerardmer (Alsace); Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine).