World War I
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Fallen
Fallen
Crosby, ND
County:
Divide
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Navy
Rank:
S2c
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill.
Circumstances:
Died in Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill., on June 25, 1917.
Buried, Crosby, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 3080 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Not a registrant, enlisted prior. Born, Fairmount, N. Dak., Dec. 8, 1898, of American parents. Occupation - clerk. Enlisted in the Navy at Minneapolis, Minn., on April 28, 1917. Served at Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Ill., to June 1, 1917; Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill., to death. Grades: Apprentice Seaman, 34 days; Seaman 2nd Class, 24 days.