ND Veterans Affairs News: State

Registered Steele county. Born, Hatton, N. Dak., March 26, 1895, of Norwegian parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Sherbrooke on June 24, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in 163rd Depot Brigade, to (date not given); Company G, 352nd Infantry, to July 27, 1918; Company No. 13, 4th Development Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to Aug. 14, 1918; Company D, 37th Battalion, US Guards, The Presidio, San Francisco, Calif., to death.

Registered Steele county. Born, Bergen, Norway, Jan., 1890. Citizenship, alien. Occupation - laborer. Inducted at Sherbrooke on April 29, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in 163rd Depot Brigade, to May 21, 1918; Medical Department, General Hospital No. 20, to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, Sept. 15, 1918.

Registered Steele county. Born, Hatton, N. Dak., March 8, 1890, of Norwegian parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Sherbrooke on April 29, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in 163rd Depot Brigade, to (date not given); Company F, 313th Engineers, to May 15, 1918; Company M, 357th Infantry, to death. Overseas from June 20, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: St. Mihiel. Defensive Sector: Villers-en-Haye (Lorraine).

Registered Steele county. Born, Hillsboro, D. T., May 19, 1889, of Norwegian parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Sherbrooke on Sept. 4, 1918. Sent to Camp Grant, Ill., Served in 34th Company, 161st Depot Brigade, to death.

Registered Williams county. Born, Cobb, Wis., Feb. 18, 1890, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Sherbrooke on May 25, 1918. Sent to Camp Lewis, Wash. Served in 7th Company, 2nd Battalion, 166th Depot Brigade, to June 17, 1918; Supply Company, 157th Infantry, to Sept. 12, 1918; 6th Detachment, Depot Division, to Oct. 2, 1918; Company C, 322nd Infantry, to death. Overseas from Aug. 7, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sector: St. Die (Lorraine).

Registered Steele county. Born, Downing, Wis., June 25, 1888, of American parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Sherbrooke on March 30, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company F, 2nd Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 20, 1918; Company H, 138th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine); Gerardmer (Alsace).

Registered Steele county. Born, Termestrup, Denmark, Feb. 10, 1892. Citizenship, alien. Occupation - laborer. Inducted at Sherbrooke on Sept. 6, 1917. Served in Company L, 352nd Infantry, to Nov. 28, 1917; Company I, 348th Infantry, to June 11, 1918; Camp Pike Replacement Draft, to July 27, 1918; Company H, 23rd Infantry, to death. Overseas from June 22, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensives: St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Limey and Marbache (Lorraine).

Merle H. Longnecker grew up in New Rockford, Eddy County, North Dakota. He entered the Navy in 1942 and received flight training in Washington, California, and Texas. He was commissioned an officer at Pensacola in February 1944, and while in Florida, he married Blanche Lucy, a native of West Virginia. He then was sent to Rhode Island for night-fighter training. Ensign Longnecker and his wife lived off-base at 67 Liberty Street in Westerly, Rhode Island.

Registered Stutsman county. Born, Jamestown, N. Dak., July 12, 1890, of American parents. Occupation - electrical contractor and engineer. Appointed from civil life and commissioned 1st Lieutenant, in Officers Reserve Corps, on Jan. 14, 1918. Sent to Camp Lee, Va. Assigned to Engineers, to death.

Registered Stutsman county. Born, Whittemore, Iowa, Dec. 6, 1893, of German parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Jamestown on July 24, 1918. Sent to Camp Custer, Mich. Served in 18th Company, 5th Battalion, 160th Depot Brigade, to Aug. 16, 1918; Company L, 10th Infantry, to death.