ND Veterans Affairs News: State
Rasmus Olaus Eversvick
Biography:
Registered Eddy county. Born, Bergen, Norway, Sept. 18, 1890. Naturalized citizen. Occupation - clerk. Inducted at New Rockford on June 15, 1918. Served in Company A, 210th Engineers, to death.
Clarence Henry Fjerstad
Biography:
Registered Wells county. Born, Bellecreek, Minn., June 24, 1892, of Norwegian-American parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Fessenden on July 22, 1918. Sent to Camp Custer, Mich. Served in 40th Company, 10th Battalion, 160th Depot Brigade, to Aug. 19, 1918; Headquarters, 5th Provisional Battalion, Engineers, to Sept. 16, 1918; Company G, 118th Engineers, to death.
Charles Adolph Feldman
Biography:
Registered Eddy county. Born, Johnson, Minn., April 8, 1890, of French-German parents. Occupation - railway brakeman. Inducted at New Rockford on March 1, 1918. Sent to Camp Greene, N. C. Served in Company G, 58th Infantry, to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, June 8, 1918. Overseas from May 7, 1918, to death. Engagement: Offensive: Aisne-Marne.
Carolyn Benz
Biography:
Appointed March 2019.
George William Koth
Biography:
Registered Eddy county. Born, Coral, Ill., Nov. 10, 1894, of American parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at New Rockford on Sept. 4, 1918. Sent to Camp Grant, Ill. Served in 161st Depot Brigade, to (date not given); 53rd Depot Brigade, to death.
Peter J. Lorenz
Biography:
Registered Eddy county. Born, Spiritwood, N. Dak., April 28, 1895, of German parents. Occupation - farmer. Enlisted in Company B, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at New Rockford, on July 4, 1917. Called into federal service, World War, on July 15, 1917. Served in Company B, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company H, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 18, 1918; Company A, 26th Infantry, to death. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon.
James Meheles
Biography:
Registered (place not given). Born, Smyrna, Turkey, 1893. Citizenship, (not given). Occupation - unknown. Enlisted in Company B, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at New Rockford, on Sept. 25, 1917. Served in Company B, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, to Oct. 10, 1917; Company H, 164th Infantry, to Jan. 18, 1918; Company A, 26th Infantry, to death. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Wounded, degree undetermined, July 19, 1918. Engagements: Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne.
Frank Nieman
Biography:
Registered Eddy county. Born, New Rockford, N. Dak., Sept. 13, 1895, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - farmer. Inducted at New Rockford on Sept. 4, 1918. Sent to Camp Grant, Ill. Served in 34th Company, 161st Depot Brigade, to death.
George Beryl Ouren
Biography:
Registered Eddy county. Born, Council Bluffs, Iowa, April 2, 1888, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - bank cashier. Enlisted at Camp Greene, N. C., on Feb. 19, 1918. Served in Company M, 58th Infantry, to Feb. 22, 1918; Supply Company, 39th Infantry, to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, Feb.23, 1918. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Toulon and Verdun-Fromereville (Lorraine); Vesle (Champagne).