World War I
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Fallen
Fallen
Lisbon, ND
County:
Ransom
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Rank:
Pvt.1st Class
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company C, 303rd Field Signal Battalion
Circumstances:
Killed in action on Oct. 22, 1918.
Buried in France. Reburied at Lisbon, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 1, page 281 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Registered Ransom county. Born, Lisbon, D. T., Feb. 6, 1889, of American parents. Occupation - electrician. Inducted at Lisbon on Feb. 13, 1918. Sent to Camp Dix, N. J. Served in Depot Company I, Signal Corps, to Feb. 21, 1918; Recruit Detachment, 303rd Field Signal Battalion, to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, June 1, 1918. Overseas from May 27, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensives: St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sector: Limey (Lorraine).