Johan Alfred Barstad

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Registered Barnes county. Born, Nome, N. Dak., Nov. 26, 1891, of Norwegian parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Valley City on July 22, 1918; sent to Camp Custer, Mich. Served in 46th Company, 12th Battalion, 160th Depot Brigade, to Sept. 25, 1918; 27th Company, 7th Battalion, 160th Depot Brigade, to Oct. 12, 1918; Provost Guard Company, to death.

Manuel Alfred Dahl

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Registered Barnes county. Born, Valley City, D. T., Oct. 20, 1889, of Norwegian parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Valley City on Sept. 4, 1918. Sent to Camp Grant, Ill. Served in 161st Depot Brigade, to Sept. 27, 1918; 53rd Depot Brigade, to death. Previous military record: Company G, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, from 1910 to 1913.

Ralph Armijo Bergan

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Registered Barnes county. Born, Valley City, N. Dak., Dec. 6, 1892, of Norwegian-Swedish parents. Occupation - electrician. Inducted at Valley City on March 19, 1918. Sent to Kelly Field, Texas. Served in 235th Aero Squadron, to June 20, 1918; 322nd Aero Squadron, to Sept. 4, 1918; School of Military Aeronautics, University of Illinois, to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, Aug. 29, 1918. Previous military record: Company G, North Dakota National Guard, for three years.

Johannes Frederick Jagd

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Registered Barnes county. Born, Springfield, Mass., Jan. 22, 1889, of German-Danish parents. Occupation - laborer. Inducted at Valley City on July 22, 1918. Sent to Camp Custer, Mich. Served in 46th Company, 12th Battalion, 160th Depot Brigade, to Aug. 18, 1918; Battery B, 42nd Field Artillery, to death.

Charles Edward LaBrash

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Not a registrant, enlisted prior. Born, Oscoda, Mich., Dec. 11, 1887, of Canadian-American parents. Occupation - farmer. Enlisted in the Marine Corps at St. Paul, Minn., on May 9, 1917. Sent to Mare Island, Calif. Served in 79th Company, 6th Regiment, Quantico, Va., to Dec. 27, 1917. Arrived in France, Feb. 8, 1918. Served in Replacement Battalion, to Sept. 19, 1918; 79th Company, to death. Engagements: Toulon Sector; Aisne Defensive; Chateau-Thierry Sector; Meuse-Argonne (Champagne). Wounded, June 6, 1918. Awarded Fourragere.

Mike Koller

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Registered (place not given). Born, Blenker, Wis., May, 1894, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - unknown. Inducted at Grand Rapids, Wis., on April 25, 1918. Sent to Camp Grant, Ill. Served in 10th Training Company, 161st Depot Brigade, Camp Grant, Ill., to May 9, 1918; Company D, 355th Infantry, to death. Overseas from June 4, 1918, to death. Engagement: Defensive Sector: Lucey (Lorraine).

Earl Ezra McLain

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Registered Barnes county. Born, Cedarsville, Ill., Jan. 13, 1894, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - laborer. Inducted at Valley City on Sept. 4, 1918. Sent to Camp Grant, Ill. Served in 53rd Depot Brigade, to death.

Daniel J. Mahoney

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Registered Barnes county. Born. Bandon, Ireland, Jan. 17, 1887. Citizenship, alien. Occupation - laborer. Enlisted in Company D, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Minot, on June 21, 1917. Called into federal service, World War, on July 15, 1917. Served in Company D, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company D, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 9, 1918; Company K, 16th Infantry, to death. Grades: Private 1st Class, Oct. 15, 1917; Private, March 20, 1918. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy).

Clair Edward Mead

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Registered Barnes county. Born, Royal, Iowa, Aug. 2, 1892, of American parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Valley City on Sept. 18, 1917. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company K, 352nd Infantry, to April 4, 1918; Headquarters Company, 118th Infantry, to death. Grades: Cook, Oct. 10, 1917; Private 1st Class, Jan. 19, 1918. Overseas from May 11, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensives: Ypres-Lys; Somme. Defensive Sector: Canal (Flanders).