William August Zich

World War I
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Fallen

County:
Hettinger

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company H, 138th Infantry

Circumstances:

Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918.

Buried, Grave 22, Row 13, Block C, 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 4, page 3557 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Hettinger county. Born, Fall Creek, Wis., April 2, 1888, of German parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Mott on March 28, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company A, 1st Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 20, 1918; 15th Company, Provisional Battalion, 138th Infantry, to May 22, 1918; Company H, 138th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Gerardmer (Alsace); Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine).