Thorsten Emanual Nikkila
Biography:
Registered Logan county. Born, Bryant, S. Dak., Jan. 30, 1891, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - laborer. Inducted at Napoleon on March 28, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company P, 4th Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 20, 1918; 5th Company, Provisional Battalion, 138th Infantry, to April 29, 1918; Detention Camp, Camp Mills, N. Y., to May 12, 1918; 35th Casual Detachment, to June 17, 1918; Company D, 140th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 27, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne.