Lemuel F. Shortridge

Biography:

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).

Cecil Claude Smith

Biography:

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.

Raymond Stake

Biography:

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.

James F. Standish

Biography:

Registered (place not given). Born, Litchfield, Minn., Jan., 1895, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - unknown. Enlisted in Company D, 1st Infantry, North Dakota Natioal Guard, at Minot, on July 21, 1917. Served in Company D, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company D, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 9, 1918; Company K, 16th Infantry, to death. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. Offensive: Aisne-Marne. Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy). Cited in General Orders No.

Arthur Beemer Stewart

Biography:

Registered Ward county. Born, Minneapolis, Minn., May 26, 1893, of American parents. Occupation - railroad clerk. Inducted at Minot on April 29, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in 163rd Depot Brigade, to June 12, 1918; Company I, 350th Infantry, to July 29, 1918; Headquarters Company, 350th Infantry, to death. Grade: Corporal, Aug. 5, 1918. Overseas from Aug. 15, 1918, to death. Engagement: Defensive Sector: Center (Alsace).

George Elisha Tibbets

Biography:

Registered Renville county. Born, Onalaska, Wis., June 5, 1891, of American parents. Occupation - farmer. Enlisted in Company A, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Minot, on July 28, 1917. Served in Company A, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company A, 164th Infantry), to Oct. 13, 1917; Company D, 164th Infantry, to Jan. 9, 1918; Company C, 18th Infantry, to death. Grade: Corporal, Sept. 23, 1917. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne.

Ralph Noyes Van Fleet

Biography:

Registered Ward County. Born, Minot, N. Dak., May 1, 1897, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - unknown. Inducted at Fargo on Nov. 4, 1918. Sent to North Dakota Agricultural College. Served in Students Army Training Corps, to death.

Verner J. Warner

Biography:

Registered Ward county. Born, Redwood Falls, Minn., July 28, 1895, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - laborer. Inducted at Minot on March 29, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company D, 1st Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 20, 1918; 15th Company, Provisional Battalion, 138th Infantry, to May 12, 1918; Company H, 161st Infantry, to Sept. 4, 1918; Company L, 125th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death.

Don Alfred Whitmore

Biography:

Registered St. Paul, Minn. Born, Drayton, N. Dak., Jan. 5, 1890, of American parents. Occupation - baggageman. Inducted at St. Paul, Minn., on Sept. 21, 1917. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Headquarters Company, 351st Infantry, to Nov. 26, 1917; Company B, 348th Infantry, to death. Grades: Cook, Dec. 11, 1917; Sergeant, June 14, 1918; Mess Sergeant, June 14, 1918. Overseas from Aug. 24, 1918, to death.

Alfred West

Biography:

Registered (place not given). Born, Barron, Wis., Jan., 1894, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - unknown. Enlisted in Company A, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Minot, on July 23, 1917. Served in Company A, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, to Oct. 9, 1917; Supply Company, 164th Infantry, to death. Grade: Wagoner, Nov. 1, 1917. Overseas from Jan. 11, 1918, to death.