Martin Sanders

World War I
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Fallen

Mekinock, ND

County:
Grand Forks

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company H, 138th Infantry

Circumstances:

Killed in action, July 6, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 31, 1921, and buried in Middle Grove Cemetery, Mekinock, N. Dak.

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

Information found in Volume 4, page 2817 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Grand Forks county. Born, Mekinock, N. Dak., July 3, 1894, of Norwegian parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Grand Forks on March 30, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company H, 2nd Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 20, 1918; Company H, 138th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagement: Defensive Sector: Gerardmer (Alsace).