John August Repsdorf

Biography:

Not a registrant. Born, New Salem, D. T., Jan. 22, 1889, of German parents. Occupation - farmer. Enlisted in Company A, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Bismarck, on July 23, 1917. Served in Company A, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company A, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 9, 1918; Company K, 18th Infantry, to death. Grades: Private 1st Class, Nov. 22, 1917; Corporal, July 4, 1918. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Aisne-Marne. Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy).

Frank Henry Richholt

Biography:

Registered Burleigh county. Born, Bismarck, N. Dak., Nov. 29, 1890, of American parents. Occupation - clerk. Inducted at Bismarck on July 23, 1918. Sent to Camp Custer, Mich. Served in 20th Company, 5th Battalion, 160th Depot Brigade, to Aug. 18, 1918; Battery A, 41st Field Artillery, to death.

Jay Rugg

Biography:

Registered Cass county. Born, North English, Iowa, Feb. 15, 1895, of American parents. Occupation - painter. Enlisted in Company K, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Bismarck, on July 10, 1917. Served in Company K, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company K, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 9, 1918; Company H, 16th Infantry, to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, Feb. 1, 1918. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy).

Louis Carl Sayer

Biography:

Not a registrant. Born, Vergas, Minn., Aug. 18, 1891, of German-Canadian parents. Occupation - mechanic. Enlisted in Company A, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Bismarck, on Aug. 4, 1917. Served in Company A, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company A, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 9, 1918; Company L, 18th Infantry, to death. Grades: Private 1st Class, Nov. 20, 1917; Private, March 12, 1918. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Wounded, slightly, Feb. 27, 1918. Engagements: Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy). Cited in General Orders No.

Floyd Eugene Scroggin

Biography:

Not a registrant, enlisted prior. Born, Lakefield, Minn., May 18, 1895, of American parents. Occupation - automobile mechanic. Enlisted at Bismarck on May 31, 1917. Sent to Jefferson Barracks, Mo. Served in Company B, 13th Machine Gun Battalion, to death. Overseas from April 16, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensives: St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Toul-Boucq, St. Die, Villers-en-Haye, Puvenelle (Lorraine); Anould (Alsace).

Arthur Eugene Shaw

Biography:

Not a registrant, enlisted prior. Born, Minneapolis, Minn., July 29, 1895, of American parents. Occupation - locomotive fireman. Enlisted in Company A, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Bismarck, on April 20, 1917. Served in Company A, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company A, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 11, 1918; Company A, 18th Infantry, to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, Oct. 1, 1917. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon.

Elmer Taylor Sidman

Biography:

Not a registrant, under age. Born, Chatham, N. J., June 12, 1898, of American parents. Occupation - farmer. Enlisted in Company A, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Bismarck, on Aug. 20, 1917. Served in Company A, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company A, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 9, 1918; Company A, 18th Infantry, to death. Grades: Private 1st Class, Nov. 20, 1917; Private, Jan. 21, 1918. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. Offensive: Aisne-Marne. Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy).

Frank Leland Shuman

Biography:

Not a registrant, over age. Born, Dixon, Ill., Sept. 18,1880, of American parents. Occupation - area telephone manager. Appointed from civil life and commissioned Captain, in Officers Reserve Corps, at Bismarck, on June 21, 1917. Called into active service as a Captain, on July 20, 1917. Assigned to 309th Field Signal Battalion, Company B, to death. Promoted: Major, Nov. 28, 1917. Overseas from Sept. 9, 1918, to death. Previous military record: Wisconsin National Guard, for five years.

Lloyd William Spetz

Biography:

Not a registrant, enlisted prior. Born, Underwood, N. Dak., April 18, 1894, of Swedish parents. Occupation - farmer. Enlisted in Company A, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Bismarck, on May 2, 1917. Served in Company A, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company A, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 9, 1918; Company K, 18th Infantry, to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, Nov. 1, 1917. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagement: Defensive Sector: Ansauville (Lorraine). Cited in General Orders No. 1, Headquarters, 1st Division, Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., Jan.