ND Veterans Affairs News: State

Registered Cass county. Born, Lexington, Minn., July 14, 1894, of American-Canadian parents. Occupation - steamfitter. Inducted at Fargo on March 28, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company L, 3rd Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 21, 1918; Company C, 137th Infantry, to death. Overseas from April 25, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Gerardmer (Alsace); Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine).

Registered Cass county. Born, Lisbon, N. Dak., March 7, 1895, of American parents. Occupation - undertaker. Inducted at Fargo on Sept. 6, 1917. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company I, 352nd Infantry, to Nov. 19, 1917; Company K, 348th Infantry, to death. Grades: Private 1st Class, Nov. 10, 1917; Private, Nov. 21, 1917; Corporal, Feb. 4, 1918; Sergeant, July 17, 1918. Overseas from Aug. 26, 1918, to death.

Registered Cass county. Born, New Haven, Iowa, July 25, 1895, of American parents. Occupation - chauffeur. Enlisted at Fargo on Dec. 15, 1917. Sent to Jefferson Barracks, Mo. Served in 269th Aero Squadron, to Jan. 4, 1918; Detachment Aviation Section, Signal Corps, 6th Battalion, 160th Depot Brigade, to Feb. 5, 1918; 269th Aero Squadron, to death. Grade: Sergeant, Feb. 11, 1918. Overseas from Aug. 14, 1918, to death.

Not a registrant, enlisted prior. Born, Jamestown, N. Dak., Aug. 29, 1899, of American parents. Occupation - student. Enlisted in the Marine Corps at Fargo on May 9, 1917. Sent to Mare Island, Calif. Served in 79th Company, Quantico, Va., to Jan., 1918; arrived in France, Feb. 8, 1918, and served there to death. Grade: Corporal, Sept. 25, 1917. Engagements: Toulon Sector; Aisne Defensive; Chateau-Thierry Sector. Awarded French Croix de Guerre with silver star, under Order No. 11,927 "D," dated Nov.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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).