Registered Golden Valley county. Born, Motley, Minn., June 6, 1893, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - gas engineer. Enlisted in Company M, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Beach, on June 30, 1917. Called into federal service, World War, on July 15, 1917. Served in Company M, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, to Oct. 5, 1917; 164th Ambulance Company, 116th Sanitary Train, to Jan. 8, 1918; Medical Detachment, 1st Brigade, Machine Gun Battalion, to death. Grades: Wagoner, Dec. 1, 1917; Private, March 1, 1918. Overseas from Dec. 11, 1917, to death.