World War I
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Fallen
MoH

Minnewauken, ND


County:
Benson

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Private

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company I

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:
138th Infantry Regiment

Listed on/in the:
All Veterans Memorial, State Capitol, Bismarck, ND
Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines, World War I 1917-1918, published 1931

Major Battle/Theatre:
France

Medals and Honors:
Medal of Honor

Circumstances:

He rendered most gallant service in aiding the advance of his company, which had been held up by machine-gun nests, advancing, with one other soldier, and silencing the guns; bringing with him, upon his return, 11 prisoners. Later the same day he jumped from a trench and rescued a comrade who was about to be shot by a German officer, killing the officer during the exploit. His actions were entirely voluntary, and it was while attempting to rush a fifth machine-gun nest that he was killed. The advance of his company was mainly due to his great courage and devotion to duty.

Information found in Volume 4, page 3510 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered (place not given). Born, Winger, Minn., Dec., 1895, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - unknown. Inducted at Crookston, Minn., on April 2, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company M, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 21, 1918; Company I, 138th Infantry, to death.

Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death.

Engagements: Offfensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Gerardmer (Alsace); Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine).

Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyong the call of duty in action with the enemy near Cheppy, France, Sept. 26, 1918.

Emergency address: Mrs. T. E. Wold, mother, McIntosh, Minn. Residence at Enlistment: Minnewaukan, N. Dak.