ND Veterans Affairs News: State
Jacob Ben Fisher
Biography:
Registered Slope county. Born, Minnesota, Feb. 2, 1895, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Amidon on June 23, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company L, 349th Infantry, to death.
Alexander Herrstromer
Biography:
Registered Slope county. Born, Union county, S. Dak., Sept. 1, 1891, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Amidon on July 21, 1918. Sent to Camp Custer, Mich. Served in 2nd Company, 1st Battalion, 160th Depot Brigade, to Aug. 17, 1918; Company D, 40th Infantry, to death. Grade: Corporal, Nov. 1, 1918.
Clarence William Jacobson
Biography:
Registered Slope county. Born, Oakes, N. Dak., Sept. 7, 1893, of Norwegian-Swedish parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Amidon on Sept. 18, 1917. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Battery E, 338th Field Artillery, to discharge. Grade: Cook, Nov. 1, 1917. Overseas from Aug. 18, 1918, to Jan. 5, 1919. Discharged at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on Jan. 17, 1919, as a Cook.
Jean Haywood Pearl
Biography:
Not a registrant, over age. Born, Mankato, Minn., May 29, 1886, of American parents. Occupation - farmer. Enlisted at Fargo on July 5, 1917. Sent to Jefferson Barracks, Mo. Served in Headquarters, Medical Officers Training Camp, Fort Riley, Kans., to Aug. 2, 1917; Headquarters, 4th Sanitary Train, to death. Grades: Cook, Sept. 11, 1917; Sergeant, Jan. 23, 1918. Overseas from May 27, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Toulon (Lorraine); Vesle (Champagne).
Clair Louis Bixby
Biography:
Not a registrant. Born, Eau Claire, Wis., March 19, 1894, of American parents. Occupation - cook. Enlisted in Company K, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Dickinson, on June 11, 1917. Served in Company K, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company K, 164th Infantry), to death. Grade: Cook, July 16, 1917. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death.
George Raymond Brannon
Biography:
Registered (place not given). Born, (place not given), June, 1889, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - unknown. Enlisted in the Navy at Milwaukee, Wis., on May 14, 1918; Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill., to death. Grade: Landsman for Electrician, Radio, 124 days.
Henry James Colgrove
Biography:
Registered Stark county. Born, Dickinson, N. Dak., May 14, 1894, of Australian-American parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Dickinson on Sept. 5, 1918. Sent to Camp Grant, Ill. Served in 33rd Company, 161st Depot Brigade, to death.