World War I
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Fallen
Fallen
Milnor, ND
County:
Sargent
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company F, 4th Ammunition Train
Circumstances:
Died on Oct. 7, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 4, 1921, and buried in Grave 3101, European Section, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2189 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Registered Sargent county. Born, Milnor, D. T., Nov. 1, 1887, of Swedish parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Forman on Sept. 19, 1917. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company I, 52nd Infantry, to Nov. 28, 1917; Company L, 348th Infantry, to March 9, 1918; Company F, 4th Ammunition Train, to death. Overseas from May 22, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Vesle (Champagne); Commedieu (Lorraine).