World War I
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Fallen
Fallen
Mayville, ND
County:
Traill
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company E, 58th Infantry
Circumstances:
Killed in action on Aug. 6, 1918.
Buried in Grave 18, Row 36, Block C, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 1961 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Registered Traill county. Born, Mayville, D. T., March 19, 1889, of Norwegian-American parents. Occupation - carpenter. Inducted at Hillsboro on Sept. 22, 1917. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company I, 352nd Infantry, to Nov., 1917; Company K, 38th Infantry, to April 12, 1918; Company K, 58th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 7, 1918, to death. Engagement: Offensive: Aisne-Marne.