Helmer Ellenson

World War I
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Fallen

Gardiner [sic] (possibly Gardner or Gardiner, MT), ND

County:
Cass

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
138th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division

Circumstances:

Died on Sept. 30, 1918, of wounds received in Meuse-Argonne Offensive.

Buried, Grave 34, Row 18, Block F, 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 1, page 814 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Cass county. Born, Gardner, N. Dak., Nov. 5, 1894, of Norwegian parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Fargo on March 28, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company F, 2nd Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 20, 1918; Company H, 138th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Gerardmer (Alsace); Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine).