John Arnold Anderson

World War I
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Fallen

Reynolds, ND

County:
Grand Forks

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company F, 139th Infantry

Circumstances:

Died of tuberculosis on Sept. 24, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on Jan. 3, 1922, and buried in Grave 4006, European Section, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Information found in Volume 1, page 80 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Grand Forks county. Born, Christiania, Norway, April 16, 1889. Citizenship, alien. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Grand Forks on March 30, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company G, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 20, 1918; Company F, 139th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagement: Defensive Sector: Gerardmer (Alsace).