ND Veterans Affairs News: State
Victor Edward Bogert
Biography:
Not a registrant, enlisted prior. Born, Inkster, N. Dak., May 26, 1897, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - unknown. Enlisted in Canadian Expeditionary Force, at Bernon, B. C., in August, 1915. Served in 54th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, to death. Overseas, (dates not given). Awarded the British Military Medal.
Peter J. Bjerklie
Mabel C. Christenson
Biography:
Not a registrant, army nurse. Born, Georgeville, Minn., March 16, 1892, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - nurse. Enlisted in the Army Nurse Corps, on Oct. 4, 1918. Served at Base Hospital, Camp Lewis, Wash., to death.
Earl LeRoy Cherry
Biography:
Registered (place not given). Born, Troy Mills, Iowa, July, 1894, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - unknown. Inducted at Richland county, Mont., on May 24, 1918. Sent to Camp Lewis, Wash. Served in 8th Company, 2nd Battalion, 166th Depot Brigade, to June 17, 1918; Company E, 157th Infantry, to Sept. 23, 1918; Company E, 305th Infantry, to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, Aug. 1, 1918. Overseas from Aug. 8, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sector: Foret-d'Argonne (Lorraine).
Harold D. Dalnes
William LaFayette Cowper
Biography:
Not a registrant, over age. Born, Elora, Ontario, Dec. 18, 1877. Naturalized citizen. Occupation - physician and surgeon. Appointed from civil life and commissioned 1st Lieutenant, in Officers Reserve Corps, in Jan., 1918. Called into action service as a 1st Lieutenant, Medical Corps, on June 26, 1918. Assigned to Medical Corps, to death. Overseas from Nov. 16, 1918, to death.
Richard Eggen
Howard W. Dietrich
Biography:
Not a registrant, under age. Born, South Bend, Ind., July, 1896, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - unknown. Enlisted at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., on July 5, 1917. Served in Battery F, 17th Field Artillery, to Aug. 21, 1917; 2nd Battery Training Battalion, 7th Field Artillery, to Nov. 22, 1917; Headquarters Company, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, to death. Engagements: Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. Offensives: Aisne-Marne; Meuse-Argonne; St. Mihiel. Defensive Sectors: Sommerviller, Ansauville, and Saizerais (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy).
John D. English
Biography:
Not a registrant. Born, Niagara, N. Dak., June 23, 1897, of American parents. Occupation - farmer. Enlisted at Grand Forks on June 8, 1918. Sent to Jefferson Barracks, Mo. Served in 15th Service Company, Signal Corps, Fort Leavenworth, Kans., to July 23, 1918; Company B, 213th Field Signal Battalion, to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, July 29, 1918.