James O. Hanson

World War I
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Fallen

Kathryn, ND

County:
Barnes

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
339th Machine Gun Battalion, 88th Division

Circumstances:

Died of pneumonia at Hericourt, France, on Oct. 8, 1918.

Buried, Grave 39, Row 24, 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 2, page 1232 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Barnes county. Born, Nome, N. Dak., Oct. 20, 1895, of American parents. Occupation - farmer. Induced at Valley City on June 27, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in 163rd Depot Brigade, to July 4, 1918; Company C, 339th Machine Gun Battalion, to death. Overseas from Aug. 14, 1918, to death.