Henry Frank Koch

World War I
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Fallen

Deering, ND

County:
McHenry

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
137th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division

Circumstances:

Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918.

Buried in Grave 30, Row 33, Block B, 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 1719 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered McHenry county. Born, Davenport, Iowa, July 11, 1894, of German parents. Occupation - auto mechanic. Inducted at Towner on March 28, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company A, 5th Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 20, 1918; Company G, 137th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Gerardmer (Alsace); Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine).