Jesse J. Phipps

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Registered (place not given). Born, Ash county, N. C., Feb., 1892, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - unknown. Enlisted in Company A, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Minot, on July 14, 1917. Called into federal service, World War, on July 15, 1917. Served in Company A, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company D, 164th Infantry), to death.

Lars Paul Peterson

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Not a registrant, under age. Born, Mayville, N. Dak., Dec. 3, 1898, of Danish-Norwegian parents. Occupation - student. Enlisted in Company C, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Crosby, on July 14, 1917. Called into federal service, World War, on July 15, 1917. Served in Company C, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company C, 164th Infantry), to Oct. 15, 1917; Company E, 164th Infantry, to Jan. 18, 1918; Company L, 26th Infantry, to death. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Wounded, June 11, 1918. Engagements: Offensive: Aisne-Marne. Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon.

John Rasmussen

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Not a registrant, under age. Born, River Falls, Wis., April, 1897, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - unknown. Enlisted at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., on Nov. 22, 1917. Served in Company B, 4th Infantry, to death. Grades: Private 1st Class, Jan. 17, 1918; Private, April 1, 1918. Overseas from April 15, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Aisne-Marne. Defensives: Aisne; Champagne-Marne. Defensive Sector: Chateau-Thierry (Champagne).

Thomas Lyle Russell

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Registered Ward county. Born, Minneapolis, Minn., March 27, 1895, of English parents. Occupation - assistant bank cashier. Enrolled in 2nd Officers Training Camp, at Fort Snelling, Minn., on Aug. 15, 1917. Commissioned and called into active service as a 1st Lieutenant, on Nov. 27, 1917. Assigned to 338th Infantry, to Sept. 8, 1918; 47th Infantry, to death. Overseas from July 22, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensives: St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sector: Toulon (Lorraine).

Lemuel F. Shortridge

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Registered Ward county. Born, Delphi, Ind., May 1, 1895, of American parents. Occupation - farmer. Enlisted in Company A, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Minot, on July 14, 1917. Called into federal service, World War, on July 15, 1917. Served in Company A, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, to Oct. 13, 1917; Company D, 164th Infantry, to Jan. 9, 1918; Company K, 16th Infantry, to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, Oct. 15, 1917. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy).

Raymond Stake

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Registered Ward county. Born, Chambersburg, Pa., April 21, 1896, of American parents. Occupation - carpenter. Inducted at Minot on March 1, 1918. Sent to Camp Greene, N. C. Served in Company C, 58th Infantry, to May 9, 1918; Headquarters Company, 58th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 11, 1918, to death. Engagement: Offensive: Aisne-Marne.

Cecil Claude Smith

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Registered Ward County. Born, Tunnel City, Wis., March 25, 1892, of American parents. Occupation - barber. Enlisted in Company D, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Minot, on July 20, 1917. Served in Company D, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company D, 164th Infantry), to death. Grade: Corporal, Dec. 1, 1917. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death.