World War I
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Fallen
Fallen
Enderlin, ND
County:
Ransom
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Rank:
Pvt.1st Class
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company C, 317th Field Signal Battalion
Circumstances:
Died at Camp Wadsworth, S. C., on May 22, 1919.
Buried at Enderlin, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 1834 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Registered Ransom county. Born, Harpers Ferry, Iowa, Oct. 18, 1894, of American parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Lisbon on Feb. 13, 1918. Sent to Fort Leavenworth, Kans. Served in Depot Company I, Signal Corps, Fort Leavenworth, Kans., to Feb. 20, 1918; Company C, 317th Field Signal Battalion, to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, May 15, 1918. Overseas from July 9, 1918, to April 25, 1919. Engagements: Offensives: St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sector: Lorraine.