ND Veterans Affairs News: State
Clarence Gerhard Evingson
Biography:
Registered Cass county. Born, Kindred, N. Dak., Jan. 19, 1896, of Norwegian parents. Occupation - clerk. Inducted at Fargo on Feb. 13, 1918. Sent to Fort Leavenworth, Kans. Served in Headquarters Company, 317th Field Signal Battalion, to death.
Deemer Herbert Faltz
Biography:
Not a registrant, under age. Born, Arthur, N. Dak., Nov. 30, 1897, of German-American parents. Occupation - farmer. Enlisted in Company B, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Fargo, on Aug. 20, 1917. Served in Company B, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company B, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 9, 1918; Company D, 18th Infantry, to death. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Aisne-Marne. Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy).
Sam Alfred Haugstad
Biography:
Registered Cass county. Born, Hickson, D. T., Sept. 8, 1887, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Fargo on July 23, 1918. Sent to Camp Custer, Mich. Served in 19th Company, 5th Battalion, 160th Depot Brigade, to Aug. 20, 1918; Battery E, 42nd Field Artillery, to (date not given); Battery F, 2nd Field Artillery, to death.
Nick Heinz
Biography:
Registered Cass county. Born, Albany, Minn., April 4, 1896, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - laborer. Inducted at Fargo on April 28, 1918. Served in Battery E, 338th Field Artillery, to May 16, 1918; Company M, 358th Infantry, to death. Overseas from June 20, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: St. Mihiel. Defensive Sector: Villers-en-Haye (Lorraine).
Michael Holsbrekken
Biography:
Registered Cass county. Born, Lesje, Norway, May 19, 1893. Declarant citizen. Occupation - laborer. Inducted at Fargo on Sept. 22, 1917. Served in Company I, 352nd Infantry, to (date not given); Company c, 20th Battalion, US Guards, to death.
Melvin T. Johnson
Biography:
Registered Cass county. Born, Hawley, Minn., March, 1893, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - telegrapher. Enlisted in Company B, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Fargo, on July 21, 1917. Served in Company B, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company B, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 8, 1918; Headquarters Company, 11th Infantry, to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, (date not given). Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy). Cited in General Orders No.
Hobart L. Jones
Biography:
Not a registrant, under age. Born, Fargo, N. Dak., Feb., 1897, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - unknown. Enlisted at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., on June 4, 1918. Served in Quartermaster Corps, School for Bakers and Cooks, Fort Riley, Kans., to death.
Horace Mann Jones Jr.
Biography:
Not a registrant, under age. Born, Fargo, N. Dak., March 1, 1900, of American parents. Occupation - student. Enlisted at Fargo on June 21, 1918. Sent to Jefferson Barracks, Mo. Served in Medical Department, to death.