ND Veterans Affairs News: State

Registered McKenzie County. Born, Findlay, Ill., May 11, 1896, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - laborer. Inducted at Schafer on Aug. 13, 1918. Sent to North Dakota Agricultural College. Served in Students Army Training Corps, to death.

Registered McKenzie county. Born, Dunnville, Wis., April 2, 1893, of American parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Schafer on July 22, 1918. Sent to Camp Custer, Mich. Served in 10th Company, 3rd Battalion, 160th Depot Brigade, to Aug. 14, 1918; Supply Company, 77th Infantry, to death. Grade: Wagoner, Sept. 1, 1918.

Registered McKenzie county. Born, Battle Lake, Minn., Dec. 1, 1892, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Schafer on Sept. 3, 1918. Sent to Camp Grant, Ill. Served in 34th Company, 9th Training Battalion, 161st Depot Brigade, to death.

Registered McKenzie county. Born, Westport, D. T., June 14, 1889, of American parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Schafer on Sept. 18, 1917. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Battery D, 338th Field Artillery, to Dec. 1, 1917; Battery E, 336th Field Artillery, to March 14, 1918; School for Bakers and Cooks, Camp Pike, Ark., to death. Grade: Sergeant, June 8, 1918.

Registered McKenzie county. Born, Flesen, Norway, Dec. 22, 1889. Declarant citizen. Occupation - laborer. Inducted at Schafer on Sept. 3, 1918. Sent to Camp Grant, Ill. Served in 34th Company, 161st Depot Brigade, to death.

The President of the United States
in the name of The Congress takes pleasure in presenting the
Medal of Honor to
GURKE, HENRY
Rank and organization: Private First Class, U.S. Marine Corps.

Not a registrant, enlisted prior. Born, Volga, S. Dak., April 27, 1892, of Norwegian-American parents. Occupation - farmer. Enlisted in Company E, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Williston, on May 9, 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 L, 26th Infantry, to death. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne.

Registered (place not given). Born, Takemak, Nebr., Sept. 24, 1895, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - unknown. Inducted at Schafer on Aug. 29, 1918. Sent to Camp Grant, Ill. Served in 34th Company, 161st Depot Brigade, to Sept. 27, 1918; 14th Company, Motor Truck Division, Machine Gun Training Center, Camp Hancock, Ga., to death.