Levi Bartley Owen

Silhouette of two soldiers walking with helmets, rifles, and heavy packs against a cloudy sky.

World War I (WWI)
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Fallen

County:
Burleigh

Date of Loss:

Military Service:
    Rank:
    Pvt.1st Class
    Branch of Service:
    Army
    Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
    Company A, 358th Infantry
    Conflicts Served:
    World War I (WWI)

Circumstances:

Died of wounds received in action, on Sept. 14, 1918, at Tuhl, near St. Mihiel.

Buried, St. Mihiel.

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

Information found in Volume 3, page 2465 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Burleigh county. Born, Cherokee, Iowa, March 16, 1893, of American parents. Occupation - laborer. Inducted at Minneapolis, Minn., on April 29, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company H, 349th Infantry, to May 16, 1918; Company A, 358th Infantry, to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, July 15, 1918. Overseas from June 20, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: St. Mihiel. Defensive Sector: Villers-en-Haye (Lorraine).