ND Veterans Affairs News: State
Edward Lawrence Ouse
Biography:
Registered Divide county. Born, Rothsay, Minn., Jan. 11, 1895, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - laborer. Inducted at Crosby on July 20, 1918. Sent to Camp Custer, Mich. Served in 46th Company, 12th Battalion, 160th Depot Brigade, to death.
Svend Risdahl
Biography:
Registered Divide county. Born, Gudbrendsdalen, Norway, July 21, 1892. Naturalized citizen. Occupation - laborer. Inducted at Crosby on Sept. 18, 1917. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Battery B, 338th Field Artillery, to death.
Albert C. Rogers
Biography:
Not a registrant, under age. Born, New Castle, Wyo., Sept., 1896, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - unknown. Enlisted in Company C, 2nd 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 C, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 18, 1918; Company C, 26th Infantry, to death. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Aisne-Marne. Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy). Cited in General Orders No.
Erick Severson
Biography:
Not a registrant, under age. Born, Aadalen, Norway, Oct. 7, 1899. Naturalized citizen. Occupation - laborer. Enlisted in Company C, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Crosby, on July 14, 1917. Called into federal service, World War, on July 15, 1917. Served in Company E, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, to Oct. 15, 1917; Company E, 164th Infantry, to Jan. 18, 1918; Company M, 26th Infantry, to death. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Aisne-Marne. Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy).
George K. Senstad
Biography:
Not a registrant, enlisted prior. Born, Chicago, Ill., Sept. 11, 1898, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - unknown. Enlisted in Company C, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Crosby, on July 11, 1917. Called into federal service, World War, on July 15, 1917. Served in Company C, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company C, 164th Infantry), to (date not given); Company K, 125th Infantry, to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, (date not given). Overseas from Dec. 15, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Aisne-Marne. Defensive Sector: Center (Alsace).
Oscar Sime
Biography:
Registered Divide county. Born, Devils Lake, N. Dak., March 14, 1894, of Norwegian-American parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Crosby on Nov. 14, 1917. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Battery A, 338th Field Artillery, to April 1, 1918; Machine Gun Company, 327th Infantry, to death. Overseas from April 29, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensives: St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Lucey and Marbache (Lorraine).
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.
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).
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.