ND Veterans Affairs News: State

Registered Williams county. Born, Osakis, Minn., July 19, 1889, of American parents. Occupation - auto mechanic. Enlisted in Company E, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Williston, on July 20, 1917. Served in Company E, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company E, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 18, 1918; Company C, 26th Infantry, to death. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy).

Registered Williams county. Born, Babcock, Iowa, Feb. 8, 1895, of American parents. Occupation - farmer. Enlisted in Company E, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Williston, on April 30, 1917. Called into federal service, World War, on July 15, 1917. Served in Company E, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company E, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 18, 1918; Company M, 26th Infantry, to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, March 1, 1918. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Wounded, severely, July 21, 1918. Engagements: Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne.

Registered Williams county. Born, Wellman, Iowa, June 2, 1894, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - carpenter. Inducted at Williston on May 25, 1918. Sent to Camp Lewis, Wash. Served in Company No. 7, 2nd Battalion, 166th Depot Brigade, to June 17, 1918; Company H, 157th Infantry, to Sept. 15, 1918; Company B, 109th Infantry, to death. Grades: Private 1st Class, Sept. 10, 1918; Corporal, Sept. 24, 1918. Overseas from Aug. 8, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sector: Clermont (Lorraine).

Registered (place not given). Born, Hadlund, Norway, July, 1894. Citizenship, (not given). Occupation - unknown. Inducted at Williston on April 29, 1918. Served in Company H, 350th Infantry, to May 16, 1918; Company H, 358th Infantry, to death. Overseas from June 20, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: St. Mihiel. Defensive Sectors: Villers-en-Haye and Puvenelle (Lorraine).

Registered Malta, Mont. Born, Taneville, Mo., Oct. 13, 1894, of American parents. Occupation - laborer. Inducted at Williston on Nov. 26, 1917. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company A, 352nd Infantry, to March 18, 1918; Headquarters Company, 352nd Infantry, to April 1, 1918; Company G, 328th Infantry, to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, July 8, 1918. Overseas from May 1, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensives: Meuse-Argonne; St. Mihiel. Defensive Sectors: Lucey and Marbache (Lorraine).

Registered Williams county. Born, Hamar, Norway, Nov. 10, 1893. Declarant citizen. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Williston on April 29, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in 163rd Depot Brigade, to (date not given); Company F, 350th Infantry, to May 16, 1918; Company L, 360th Infantry, to death. Overseas from July 6, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensives: Meuse-Argonne; St. Mihiel. Defensive Sectors: Villers-en-Haye and Puvenelle (Lorraine).

Not a registrant, under age. Born, Albee, S. Dak., May 12, 1898, of American parents. Occupation - laborer. Enlisted in Company E, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Williston, on Aug. 1, 1917. Served in Company E, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company E, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 18, 1918; Company C, 26th Infantry, to death. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Aisne-Marne. Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy). Cited in General Orders No.

Registered Williams county. Born, East Grand Forks, Minn., May 9, 1895, of Norwegian-American parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Williston on Sept. 4, 1918. Sent to Camp Grant, Ill. Served in 161st Depot Brigade, to Sept. 27, 1918; 53rd Depot Brigade, to death.

Registered Phillips county, Mont. Born, Elkton, S. D., June 26, 1892, of Canadian parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Malta, Mont., on Sept. 18, 1917. Sent to Camp Lewis, Wash. Served in Company C, 362nd Infantry, to Feb. 26, 1918; Company F, 58th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 7, 1918, to death. Engagement: Offensive: Aisne-Marne.