Registered Kidder county. Born, Stockholm, Sweden. Feb. 28, 1889. Citizenship, alien. Occupation - laborer. Enlisted in Company I, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Tappen, on June 29, 1917. Called into federal service, World War, on July 15, 1917. Served in Company I, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, to Oct. 5, 1917; 161st Ambulance Company, to Oct. 15, 1917; 163rd Ambulance Company, to Nov. 14, 1917; Company D, 164th Infantry, to Jan. 9, 1918; Comany I, 18th Infantry, to death. Overseas from Dec. 14, 1917, to death. Engagements: Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon.