Valentine Schneider

Vintage black-and-white portrait of Valentine Schneider a World War I-era soldier wearing a full-length overcoat and campaign hat.

World War I (WWI)
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Fallen

Rugby, ND


County:
Mercer

Date of Loss:

Military Service:
    Branch of Service:
    Army
    Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
    Company M, 139th Infantry
    Conflicts Served:
    World War I (WWI)

Circumstances:

Killed in Action on Sept. 28, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 12, 1921, and buried at Rugby, N. Dak. Buried at Little Flower Cemetery.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Information found in Volume 4, page 2868 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Mercer county. Born, Columbia, South Dakota, May 1, 1897, of Russian parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Stanton, ND on March 29, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company B, 1st Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 20, 1918; Company M, 139th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine); Gerardmer (Alsace).