Willis O. Gish

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

World War I (WWI)
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Fallen

County:
Cavalier

Date of Loss:

Military Service:
    Branch of Service:
    Army
    Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
    Company B, 8th Ammunition Train
    Conflicts Served:
    World War I (WWI)

Circumstances:

Murdered - strangulation - on July 14, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 2, page 1060 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Cavalier county. Born, Elizabethtown, Pa., Sept. 20, 1889, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation, laborer. Inducted at Langdon on May 11, 1918. Served in Company B, 8th Ammunition Train, to death.