Sidney Birch Stephens

World War I
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Fallen

County:
Grand Forks

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.1st Class

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company M, 164th Infantry

Circumstances:

Died of broncho pneumonia on Oct. 24, 1918.

Buried, Grave 37, Row 41, Block D, 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 4, page 3095 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Grand Forks county. Born, Bathgate, D. T., May 13, 1886, of American parents. Occupation - photographer. Enlisted in Company M, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Grand Forks, on July 16, 1917. Served in Company M, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company M, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 20, 1918; Company F, 26th Infantry, to Aug. 14, 1918; Prisoner of War Escort Company No. 5, to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, Aug. 13, 1917. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death.