Olaf Fiske

World War I
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Fallen

Colfax, ND

County:
Richland

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
357th Infantry Regiment, 90th Division

Circumstances:

Killed in action in Metz vicinity, Sept. 17, 1918.

Buried, Grave 23, Row 18, Block D, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.

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

Information found in Volume 1, page 921 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Richland county. Born, Colfax, N. Dak., Jan. 4, 1895, of Norwegian parents. Occupation - clerk. Inducted at Wahpeton on April 28, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 29, 1918; Company L, 350th Infantry, to May 16, 1918; 357th Infantry, to death. Overseas from June 20, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: St. Mihiel. Defensive Sectors: Puvenelle and Villers-en-Haye (Lorraine).