Michael Jay McElvain

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Registered Dickey county. Born, Fullerton, N. Dak., March 20, 1890, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - laborer. Inducted at Ellendale on May 14, 1918. Served in 60th Engineers, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind., to May 17, 1918; 67th Company, Transportation Corps, to death. Overseas from June 30, 1918, to death.

Benjamin Franklin Clark

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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).

Ralph C. Rose

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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.

Fred Slinker

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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).

August Schnell

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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).

Ernst C. Bearson

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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.

Earl Dorencourt Young

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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.

Edwin Brendal

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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.

Clarence Thomas Butler

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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).