World War I
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Fallen
Fallen
County:
Kidder
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company C, 139th Infantry
Circumstances:
Killed in action on Sept. 29, 1918.
Buried, Grave 25, Row 41, Block A, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2200 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Registered Kidder county. Born, Solon, Italy, June 14, 1895. Citizenship, alien. Occupation - laborer. Inducted at International Falls, Minn., on March 28, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company E, 2nd Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to June 21, 1918; Company C, 139th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Gerardmer (Alsace); Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine).