County:
Grand Forks
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Rank:
Private
Regiment / Group / Brigade:
135th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:
34th Infantry Division
Listed on/in the:
Register of North Dakota Veterans World War II 1941-1945 and Korean Conflict 1950-1953, published 1968
Major Battle/Theatre:
European African Middle Eastern Theater
Circumstances:
died in battle in Tunisia, Africa USA Military records list him Killed in action 17 miles N. E. of Beja, Tunisia
Biography:
born Hatton, ND 26 Jan 13; resident Grand Forks County, ND; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 23 May 42; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; died in service 30 Apr 43 North Africa; buried in Lot 5, Grave 2, Goose River Church Cemetery, Hatton, ND