Registered Dickey county. Born, Silver Creek, Minn., July 24, 1888, of American parents. Occupation - printer. Inducted at Ellendale on Sept. 6, 1917. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company L, 352nd Infantry, to Nov. 28, 1917; Company I, 348th Infantry, to June 11, 1918; Camp Pike Replacement Draft, to July 27, 1918; Machine Gun Company, 23rd Infantry, to death. Grades: Private 1st Class, Oct. 11, 1917; Private, Nov. 26, 1917. Overseas from June 22, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensives: St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Limey and Marbache (Lorraine).