Henry C. Roder

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Registered Miner county, S. Dak. Born, LeMars, Iowa, March 20, 1890, of American-German parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Howard, S. Dak., on July 24, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company No. 57, 15th Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to Aug. 23, 1918; Company No. 36, Labor Regiment, Camp Joseph E. Johnston, Fla., to Sept. 21, 1918; 10th Detachment, Administration Labor Company, to death. Overseas from Oct. 7, 1918, to death.

Christen Rensla

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Registered McHenry county. Born, Denbigh, N. Dak., Feb. 9, 1892, of Norwegian parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Towner on Sept. 18, 1917. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Battery B, 335th Field Artillery, to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, Oct. 1, 1918. Overseas from Aug. 31, 1918, to death.

William Daniel Spilmaher

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Registered McHenry county. Born, Bisbee, N. Dak., March 10, 1895. Occupation - farmer. Enlisted in the Marine Corps at St. Louis, Mo., on Jan. 27, 1918. Sent to Parris Island, S. C. Served in 146th Company, from April 3, 1918, to May, 1918. Arrived in France, May 7, 1918. Served in 83rd Company, from June 11, 1918, to death. Engagements: Chateau-Thierry Sector; Aisne-Marne Offensive (Soissons); Marbache Sector; St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive; Champagne Sector; Meuse-Argonne Offensive, including crossing of Meuse River. Awarded, Fourragere.

Cyrus Daniel Sweeney

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Registered McHenry county. Born, Oskaloosa, Kans., Aug. 7, 1890, of American parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Towner on May 9, 1918. Sent to Camp Fremont, Calif. Served in Supply Company, 13th Infantry, to discharge. Grades: Corporal, Oct. 14, 1918; Sergeant, Dec. 1, 1918. Discharged at Camp Fremont, Calif., on March 1, 1919, as a Sergeant.

Fay Lex Taylor

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Registered McHenry county. Born, Council Bluffs, Iowa, May 2, 1893, of American parents. Occupation - school teacher. Inducted at Towner on May 24, 1918. Sent to Camp Lewis, Wash. Served in 23rd Company, 6th Battalion, 166th Depot Brigade, to July 11, 1918; Machine Gun Company, 159th Infantry, to Sept. 21, 1918; Company G, 307th Infantry, to death. Grades: Private 1st Class, Sept. 1, 1918; Private, Sept. 20, 1918. Overseas from Aug. 8, 1918, to April 20, 1919. Wounded, gassed, Sept. 27, 1918. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sector: Foret-d'Argonne (Lorraine).

George Dewey Trudell

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Not a registrant, under age. Born, Rodman, Iowa, May 4, 1899, of American parents. Occupation - farmer. Enlisted at Minot on Nov. 6, 1917. Sent to Jefferson Barracks, Mo. Served in Troop F, 8th Cavalry, to death.

Thore Thoreson

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Registered McHenry county. Born, Veggle, Norway, Feb. 2, 1892. Citizenship, alien. Occupation - laborer. Inducted at Towner on May 9, 1918. Served in Company G, 8th Ammunition Train, to death.