ND Veterans Affairs News: State
Kenneth Mark Sollin
Biography:
Registered Barnes county. Born, Valley City, N. Dak., March 12, 1897, of Norwegian-American parents. Occupation - miller. Inducted at Valley City on Aug. 25, 1918. Sent to Camp Lewis, Wash. Served in 166th Depot Brigade, to death.
John Ernest Synder
Biography:
Registered Barnes county. Born, Topeka, Kan., June 4, 1888, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Valley City on March 28, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in 6th Company, 4th Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 20, 1918; Company M, 138th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Gerardmer (Alsace); Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine).
Ole Staxrud
Biography:
Registered Barnes county. Born, Christiania, Norway, Oct. 2, 1889. Naturalized citizen. Occupation - carpenter. Inducted at Valley City on March 28, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company T, 5th Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 20, 1918; Company M, 137th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagements: Defensive Sectors: Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine); Gerardmer (Alsace).
Emil Oscar Stubstad
Biography:
Registered Barnes county. Born, Winona, Minn., Jan. 2, 1892, of Norwegian parents. Occupation - drayman. Inducted at Valley City on May 24, 1918. Sent to Camp Lewis, Wash. Served in 26th Company, 7th Battalion, 166th Depot Brigade, to June 20, 1918; Company C, 362nd Infantry, to death. Overseas from July 6, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sector: Aubreville (Lorraine).
Henry William Sumner
Biography:
Registered Barnes county. Born, Fingal, N. Dak., July 16, 1895, of American parents. Occupation - laborer. Inducted at Valley City on Feb. 8, 1918. Sent to Camp Funston, Kans. Served in Depot Company No. I, Signal Corps, to Feb. 14, 1918; Company C, 323rd Field Signal Battalion, to April 11, 1918; 10th Company, 164th Depot Brigade, to June 26, 1918; Company E, 352nd Infantry, to Aug. 6, 1918; 16th Company, 4th Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to death.
Stephen Swanson
Biography:
Registered Barnes county. Born, Valley City, N. Dak., Dec. 16, 1894, of Norwegian parents. Occupation - student. Inducted at Valley City on July 22, 1918. Sent to Camp Custer, Mich. Served in 160th Depot Brigade, to death.
Maurice Verschelde
Biography:
Registered Barnes county. Born, Nevel, Belgium, Dec. 10, 1890. Citizenship, alien. Occupation - laborer. Inducted at Valley City on June 27, 1918. Served in Company D, 313th Ammunition Train, to July 26, 1918; Ambulance Company No. 350, 313th Sanitary Train, to death. Overseas from Aug. 17, 1918, to death. Engagement: Defensive Sector: Center (Alsace).
Ray Earl Vessey
Biography:
Registered Barnes county. Born, Sauk Center, Minn., April 24, 1892, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Valley City on June 27, 1918. Served in Headquarters Company, 339th Machine Gun Battalion, to death. Grade: Wagoner, Aug. 3, 1918. Overseas from Aug. 14, 1918, to death. Engagement: Defensive Sector: Center (Alsace).
Martin Adolph Wold
Biography:
Registered Barnes county. Born, Valley City, N. Dak., Sept. 24, 1890, of Norwegian parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Valley City on March 28, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company T, 5th Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 20, 1918; Company D, 137th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Gerardmer (Alsace); Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine).