Joseph R. Erickson

The memorial chapel at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery showing aligned headstones and tree-lined walkways.

World War I (WWI)
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Fallen

Cooperstown, ND


County:
Griggs

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.1st Class

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
39th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division

Circumstances:

Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.

Buried in Grave 24, Row 43, Block D, 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 857 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Griggs county. Born, St. John, N. Dak., Feb. 26, 1894, of American parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Camp Greens, N. C., on Feb. 21, 1918. Served in Company E, 39th Infantry, to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, Sept. 16, 1918. Overseas from May 10, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Vesle (Champagne); Toulon and Verdun-Fromereville (Lorraine).