Lyle Barnes Rich

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

World War I (WWI)
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Fallen

County:
Bottineau

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.1st Class

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Medical Department, Base Hospital No. 18

Circumstances:

Died of typhoid fever, on Dec. 8, 1917.

Buried, Grave 34, Row 39, Block C, 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 2691 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Not a registrant, enlisted prior. Born, Renville, Minn., Oct. 12, 1891, of American parents. Occupation - student. Enlisted in the Reserve Corps, at Baltimore, Md., in April, 1917. Called into active service on May 27, 1917. Served in Medical Department, Base Hospital No. 18, to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, Sept. 7, 1917. Overseas from June 14, 1917, to death.