Joseph Ira Francis Weller

World War I
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Fallen

County:
McHenry

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.1st Class

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company C, 1st Field Signal Battalion

Circumstances:

Died on Nov. 6, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried in Grave 24, Row 38, Block G, 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 4, page 3421 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered McHenry county. Born, New Maysville, Ind., Feb. 12, 1893, of American parents. Occupation - laborer. Inducted at Towner on March 28, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in 5th Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 18, 1918; Company E, 5th Depot Battalion, Signal Corps, to July 9, 1918; Company C, 1st Field Signal Battalion, to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, Aug. 23, 1918. Overseas from June 21, 1918, to death. Wounded, slightly, Oct. 2, 1918. Engagements: Offensives: St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Marbache and Limey (Lorraine).