Lester Mills Smith

Biography:

Registered Divide County. Born, Grand Forks, N. Dak., May 7, 1892, of Canadian parents. Occupation - lawyer. Inducted at Crosby on Sept. 18, 1917. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Battery B, 338th Field Artillery, to Jan. 12, 1918; 3rd Officers Training School, Camp Dodge, Iowa, to April 19, 1918; Battery B, 338th Field Artillery, to discharge. Grades: Corporal, Oct. 18, 1917; Sergeant, Dec. 11, 1917. Discharged on July 11, 1918, to accept commission. Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, July 12, 1918. Assigned to Artillery School, Samur, France, to Sept.

Raymond Walter Stebbins

Biography:

Not a registrant, enlisted prior. Born, Fairmount, N. Dak., Dec. 8, 1898, of American parents. Occupation - clerk. Enlisted in the Navy at Minneapolis, Minn., on April 28, 1917. Served at Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Ill., to June 1, 1917; Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill., to death. Grades: Apprentice Seaman, 34 days; Seaman 2nd Class, 24 days.

Christ Sortland

Biography:

Registered Divide county. Born, Bremnes, Norway, Feb. 14, 1894. Naturalized citizen. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Crosby on March 29, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company D, 1st Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 28, 1918; Company F, 138th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Gerardmer (Alsace); Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine).

August Toreson

Biography:

Registered (place not given). Born, Bere, Norway, Aug. 11, 1896. Citizenship, (not given). Occupation - unknown. Inducted at Crosby on Sept. 4, 1918. Served in 161st Depot Brigade, to death.

Thorvald Brenden

Biography:

Registered Dunn county. Born, Kerkhoven, Minn., Sept. 11, 1894, of Norwegian-Swedish parents. Occupation - laborer. Enlisted in Company K, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Dickinson, on June 17, 1917. Served in Company K, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, to Jan. 8, 1918; Company K, 164th Infantry, to Jan. 11, 1918; Machine Gun Company, 16th Infantry, to death. Grades: Private 1st Class, Oct. 1, 1917; Private, Jan. 15, 1918. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy).

Ezra William Barrows

Biography:

Not a registrant, over age. Born, Chanaranbie, Minn., March 18, 1896, of American parents. Occupation - assistant cashier. Enlisted in Machine Gun Company, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Dickinson, on July 14, 1917. Called into federal service, World War, on July 15, 1917. Served in Machine Gun Company, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Machine Gun Company, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 9, 1918; Company C, 1st Brigade, Machine Gun Battalion, to death. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy).

George Lunde

Biography:

Registered (place not given). Born, Sechlerville, Wis., June, 1892, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - unknown. Inducted at Manning on Aug. 6, 1918. Served in Company D, 10th Battalion, Infantry Replacement and Training Camp, Camp MacArther, Texas, to Sept. 2, 1918; Company F, 5th Battalion, Infantry Replacement and Training Camp, Camp MacArthur, Texas, to Sept. 17, 1918; 22nd Company, September Automatic Replacement Draft, Camp MacArthur, Texas, to death. Overseas from Sept. 23, 1918, to death.

Harold Lyster

Biography:

Registered Dunn county. Born, Marshall, N. Dak., Nov. 5, 1892, of Norwegian parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Manning on Sept. 18, 1917. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Battery F, 338th Field Artillery, to Nov. 27, 1917; Battery D, 336th Field Artillery, to June 12, 1918; 3rd Battery, Field Artillery Replacement Regiment, to July 10, 1918; Battery C, 124th Field Artillery, to discharge. Overseas from June 20, 1918, to Feb. 22, 1919. Wounded, slightly, Oct. 31, 1918. Engagements: Offensives: St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sector: Lucey (Lorraine).

Walter Fred Marty

Biography:

Registered Dunn county. Born, Stillwater, Minn., Aug. 3, 1890, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Manning on Sept. 5, 1918. Sent to Camp Grant, Ill. Served in 35th Company, 161st Depot Brigade, to death.

Jacob Miller

Biography:

Registered Stark county. Born, London, Russia, March 9, 1890. Naturalized citizen. Occupation - laborer. Enlisted in Company K, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Dickinson, on June 11, 1917. Served in Company K, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company K, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 9, 1918; Company C, 16th Infantry, to death. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Cantigny (Picardy); Saizerais and Ansauville (Lorraine).