ND Veterans Affairs News: State

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).

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 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.

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 (place not given). Born, Cleveland, N. Dak., Sept. 21, 1892, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - unknown. 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 K, 10th Infantry, 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.

Registered Stutsman county. Born, Jamestown, N. Dak., Jan. 22, 1892, of American parents. Occupation - bank teller. Enlisted in the Navy at Minneapolis, Minn., on July 8, 1918. Served at Dunwoody Naval Training School, Minneapolis, Minn., to death. Grade: Landsman for Quartermaster, Aviation, 91 days.

Registered Stutsman county. Born, Geffley, Sweden, April 21, 1890. Citizenship, declarant. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Jamestown on June 27, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in 163rd Depot Brigade, to (date not given); Battery F, 339th Field Artillery, to Aug. 9, 1918; 14th Company, 163rd Depot Brigade, to death.

Registered Stutsman county. Born, Kasson, Minn., March 11, 1889, of American parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Jamestown, on June 27, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in 163rd Depot Brigade, to July 18, 1918; Battery F, 339th Field Artillery, to death. Overseas from Aug. 24, 1918, to death.

Registered Stutsman county. Born, Centre City, Minn., March 9, 1888, of American parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Jamestown on Sept. 18, 1917. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Battery E, 338th Field Artillery, to death.