James Henry Priest

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Registered Williams county. Born, Anten Mills, Ont., July 28, 1888. Declarant citizen. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Williston on Sept. 3, 1918. Served in Company G, 5th Limited Service Training Regiment, Camp Grant, Ill., to death.

Leonard Andrew Poe

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Registered (place not given). Born, (place not given), Jan., 1899, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - unknown. Enlisted in the Navy at Minneapolis, Minn., on July 19, 1918. Served at Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Ill., to Sept. 19, 1918; Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill., to death. Grade: Apprentice Seaman, 65 days.

Gus J. Ritschel

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Registered (place not given). Born, White Sulphur Springs, Mont., Sept. 26, 1889, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - unknown. Inducted at Williston on June 24, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in 163rd Depot Brigade, to July 19, 1918; Company D, 313th Engineers, to death. Grade: Corporal, Sept. 10, 1918. Overseas from Aug. 16, 1918, to death. Engagement: Defensive Sector: Center (Alsace).

Frederick Jonas Renn

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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).

Lyle S. Sitler

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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).

Wyatt E. Silker

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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.

William Emery Smith

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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).

Jacob T. Slaatte

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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).

Carl Solvsberg

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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).