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).

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.

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.

Magill Theofield Ellison

Biography:

Registered Grand Forks county. Born, Grand Forks, N. Dak., June 20, 1895, of Norwegian parents. Occupation - student. Enlisted at Grand Forks on July 28, 1917. Sent to Jefferson Barracks, Mo. Served in Quartermaster Corps, Camp Dodge, Iowa, to death.

Marshall R. Farnam

Biography:

Registered Ward county. Born, Cornland, Ill., April 11, 1893, of American parents. Occupation - drayman. Enlisted in Company D, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Minot, on June 5, 1917. Called into federal service, World War, on July 15, 1917. Served in Company D, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company D, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 9, 1918; Company K, 16th Infantry, to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, Aug. 11, 1917. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to March 12, 1919. Wounded, slightly, Feb. 8, 1918. Wounded, severely, July 22, 1918. Engagements: Offensive: Aisne-Marne.

Archie C. Fortin

Biography:

Registered Grand Forks county. Born, Grand Forks, D. T., Sept. 16, 1889, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Grand Forks on July 22, 1918. Sent to Camp Custer, Mich. Served in 42nd Company, 11th Battalion, 160th Depot Brigade, to Aug. 18, 1918; Battery D, 40th Field Artillery, to death.

Frank Freeburg

Biography:

Not a registrant, enlisted prior. Born, (place not given), July, 1895, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - unknown. Enlisted in the Navy at Minneapolis, Minn., on Nov. 4, 1916. Served on USS North Dakota, to Dec. 25, 1917; USS Solace, to Dec. 26, 1917; Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va., to death. Grade: Seaman 2nd Class, 277 days.