ND Veterans Affairs News: State
Peter Rosle
Biography:
Not a registrant, enlisted prior. Born, Toten, Norway, Nov. 12, 1895. Declarant citizen. Occupation - laborer. Enlisted in Company H, 1st Infantry, Minnesota National Guard at Minneapolis, Minn., on May 31, 1917. Called into federal service, World War, on July 15, 1917. Served in Company H, 1st Infantry, Minnesota National Guard (Company H, 135th Infantry), to June 15, 1918; 12th Company, 1st Infantry Training Regiment, Camp Cody Replacement Draft, to July 23, 1918; Company B, 58th Infantry, to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, Nov. 11, 1917. Overseas from June 28, 1918, to death.
Martin Olof Ruud
Biography:
Registered Cass county. Born, Christiania, Norway, Feb. 25, 1887. Declarant citizen. Occupation - tailor. Inducted at Fargo on April 28, 1918. Served in Headquarters Company, 338th Field Artillery, to May 15, 1918; Company B, 343rd Machine Gun Battalion, to death. Overseas from June 20, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensives: St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Puvenelle and Villers-en-Haye (Lorraine).
Samuel Constantine Samuelson
Biography:
Registered Cass county. Born, Forest City, Iowa, Feb. 1, 1895, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - laborer. Inducted at Fargo on May 24, 1918. Sent to Camp Lewis, Wash. Served in 32nd Company, 8th Battalion, 166th Depot Brigade, to June 17, 1918; Company M, 159th Infantry, to death.
Charles Sanders
Biography:
Registered (place not given). Born, Germany, August, 1889. Citizenship, (not given). Occupation - unknown. Inducted at Long Prairie, Minn., on Feb. 25, 1918. Served in Supply Company, 337th Field Artillery, to death.
George Lawrence Schroeder
Biography:
Registered Cass county. Born, Erie, N. Dak., April 14, 1894, of German parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Fargo on Sept. 22, 1917. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company K, 352nd Infantry, to Nov. 27, 1918; Company C, 347th Infantry, to March 9, 1918; Company L, 39th Infantry, to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, June 25, 1918. Overseas from May 10, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Vesle (Champagne); Toulon and Verdun-Fromereville (Lorraine).
Nassb Shaheen
Biography:
Not a registrant, enlisted prior. Born, Syria, Sept., 1892. Citizenship, (not given). Occupation - unknown. Enlisted in Company H, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Fargo, on May 1, 1917. Served in Company H, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company H, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 18, 1918; Company A, 26th Infantry, to death. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy).
Albert Edward Shaw
Biography:
Registered Cass county. Born, Tower City, N. Dak., Sept. 21, 1893, of American parents. Occupation - stenographer. Inducted at Fargo on Dec. 15, 1917. Sent to Camp Custer, Mich. Served in 160th Depot Brigade, to Feb. 17, 1918; Air Service, to death. Grades: Corporal, April 15, 1918; Sergeant, June 1, 1918; Private, Sept. 28, 1918.
Nickolaus Sinner
Biography:
Registered Cass county. Born, Garnich, Luxemburg, Feb. 11, 1889. Naturalized citizen. Occupation - harnessmaker. Inducted at Fargo on Sept. 4, 1918. Sent to Camp Grant, Ill. Served in 35th Company, 161st Depot Brigade, to death.
Pomeroy Smith
Biography:
Registered Cass county. Born, Fargo, N. Dak., Jan. 18, 1891, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - clerk. Enlisted in the Navy at Washington, D. C., on May 22, 1918. Served in Naval Aviation Detachment, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, to Aug. 17, 1918; Receiving Ship, Pensacola, Fla., to death. Grade: Chief Quartermaster, 142 days.