Walter Anson Bloom

Silhouette of two soldiers walking with helmets, rifles, and heavy packs against a cloudy sky.

World War I (WWI)
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Fallen

Bridgewater, IA


County:
Cass

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company M, 348th Infantry

Circumstances:

Died at Camp Pike, Ark., on Jan. 27, 1918.

Buried, Bridgewater, Iowa.

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

Information found in Volume 1, page 313 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Cass county. Born, Bridgewater, Iowa, April 13, 1895, of American parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Fargo on Sept. 22, 1917. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company K, 352nd Infantry, to Nov. 28, 1917; Company M, 348th Infantry, to death.