Ralph C. Rose

Biography:

Not a registrant, enlisted prior. Born, Ellendale, N. Dak., July, 1894, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - unknown. Enlisted in Company H, 2nd Infantry, Montana National Guard, at Fort William H. Harrison, Mont., on May 15, 1917. Called into federal service, World War, on July 15, 1917. Served in Company H, 2nd Infantry, Montana National Guard (Company H, 163rd Infantry), to April 22, 1918; Company M, 126th Infantry, to death. Grades: Corporal, Nov. 23, 1917; Sergeant, July 20, 1918. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death.

August Schnell

Biography:

Registered Dickey county. Born, Rockwell City, Iowa, Feb. 27, 1888, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Ellendale on March 29, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 20, 1918; Company C, 137th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Gerardmer (Alsace); Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine).

Fred Slinker

Biography:

Registered (place not given). Born, Kulm, Russia, Aug. 1888. Citizenship, (not given). Occupation - unknown. Enlisted in Company K, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Ellendale, on July 10, 1917. Called into federal service, World War, on July 15, 1917. Served in Company K, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (162nd Ambulance Company, 116th Sanitary Train, to Nov. 20, 1917; Company K, 164th Infantry, to Jan. 9, 1918; Company I, 16th Infantry, to death. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy).

Earl Dorencourt Young

Biography:

Registered Dickey county. Born, Strawberry, Nebr., April 20, 1895, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - farmer. Enlisted in the Navy at Minneapolis, Minn., on Dec. 15, 1917. Served at Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Ill., to May 2, 1918; Naval Operating Base, Norfolk, Va., to May 10, 1918; USS Kentucky, to May 31, 1918; Receiving Ship, New York, N. Y., to June 5, 1918; USS Chattanooga, to Oct. 2, 1918; USS Comfort, to death. Grade: Fireman 3rd Class, 294 days.

Ernst C. Bearson

Biography:

Registered (place not given). Born, Blooming Prairie, Minn., Nov., 1894, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - unknown. Enlisted in Company C, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Crosby, on July 22, 1917. Served in Company C, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company E, 164th Infantry), to death.

Edwin Brendal

Biography:

Registered Divide county. Born, Starbuck, Minn., June 25, 1893, of Norwegian parents. Occupation - salesman. Enlisted in Company E, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Crosby, on July 13, 1917. Called into federal service, World War, on July 15, 1917. Served in Company C, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company E, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 18, 1918; Company C, 26th Infantry, to discharge. Grades: Corporal, Sept. 25, 1917; Private, Nov. 12, 1917. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to April 18, 1919. Wounded, slightly, July 19, 1918. Wounded, severely, Oct. 2, 1918.

Walter B. Brown

Biography:

Registered (place not given). Born, Holdingford, N. Dak., April, 1896, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - unknown. Enlisted in Company C, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Kermit, on July 12, 1917. Called into federal service, World War, on July 15, 1917. Served in Company C, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, to Oct. 15, 1917; Company E, 164th Infantry, to March 8, 1918; Casual Detachment, 41st Division, to March 10, 1918; Company G, 163rd Infantry, to March 13, 1918; Company E, 163rd Infantry, to April 23, 1918; Company K, 125th Infantry, to death.

Clarence Thomas Butler

Biography:

Registered Divide county. Born, Newry, Minn., Feb. 27, 1887, of American parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Crosby on Feb. 23, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company K, 351st Infantry, to April 4, 1918; Company E, 132nd Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 16, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensives: Somme; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Verdun and Fromereville (Lorraine); Amiens (Picardy).

Henry Fresonke

Biography:

Not a registrant, over age. Born, Young America, Minn., 1886, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - unknown. Enlisted in Company C, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Crosby, on Aug. 3, 1917. Served in Company C, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company A, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 9, 1918; Company K, 18th Infantry, to death. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. Offensive: Aisne-Marne. Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy). Cited in General Orders No.