ND Veterans Affairs News: State

• Appointed American Legion Adjutant November 2017-June 2023
• ND Veterans Legislative Council Secretary 2017-2019

Registered Pierce county. Born, Barton, N. Dak., Aug. 13, 1892, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Rugby on Sept. 3, 1918. Sent to Camp Grant, Ill. Served in 161st Depot Brigade, to Sept. 27, 1918; 22nd Company, Machine Gun Training Center, Camp Hancock, Ga., to death.

Registered (place not given). Born, (place not given), Dec., 1899, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - unknown. Enlisted in the Navy at Minneapolis, Minn., on June 7, 1918. Served at Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Ill., to July 5, 1918; Navy Rifle Range, Camp Logan, Ill., to Oct. 1, 1918; Navy Rifle Range, Rumford, Ill., to Nov. 11, 1918. Grade: Apprentice Seaman, 157 days.

From the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines: Registered Pierce county. Born, Tunbridge, N. Dak., May 16, 1896, of Norwegian-American parents. Occupation - student. Enlisted in Company D, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National 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 I, 18th Infantry, to death. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagments: Defensive Sector: Ansauville (Lorraine). Cited in General Orders No.

Registered Pierce County. Born, Wolford, N. Dak., Sept. 24, 1896, of Scotch-Canadian parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Fargo on Nov. 4, 1918. Sent to North Dakota Agricultural College. Served in Students Army Training Corps, to death.

Not a registrant, enlisted prior. Born, Forest River, N. Dak., July 26, 1896, of Canadian-American parents. Occupation - teamster. Enlisted at Rugby on May 19, 1917. Sent to Jefferson Barracks, Mo. Served in Company G, 16th Infantry, to death. Overseas from June 12, 1917, to death. Wounded, severely, May 4, 1918. Engagements: Offensive: Aisne-Marne. Defensive Sectors: Sommerviller and Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy).

Registered Pierce county. Born, Ringerick, Norway, Nov. 29, 1892. Naturalized citizen. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Rugby on Sept. 3, 1918. Sent to Camp Grant, Ill. Served in 34th Company, 161st Depot Brigade, to death.

Registered McHenry county. Born, Elbow Lake, Minn., April 29, 1887, of Norwegian parents. Occupation - farmer. Enlisted in the Navy at Minneapolis, Minn., on May 7, 1918. Served at Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Ill., to May 31, 1918; Receiving Ship, Philadelphia, Pa., to June 13, 1918; Naval Air Station, Pauillac, France, to July 5, 1918; Naval Air Station, L'Aber Vrach, France, to Nov. 11, 1918. Grade: Seaman 2nd Class, 188 days.