Claude Bacil Bartow

Biography:

Registered Slope county. Born, Petersburg, Wis., March 14, 1896, of American parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Amidon on Sept. 18, 1917. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Battery E, 338th Field Artillery, to April 1, 1918; Company I, 327th Infantry, to death. Grade: Corporal, Aug. 25, 1918. Overseas from April 29, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensives: St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Lucey and Marbache (Lorraine).

Patrick Barthelette

Biography:

Not a registrant, enlisted prior. Born, Leroy, D. T., Sept. 26, 1888, of Canadian-American parents. Occupation - laborer. Enlisted in Company C, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Grafton, on May 8, 1917. Called into federal service, World War, on July 15, 1917. Served in Company C, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company C, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 11, 1918; Company F, 18th Infantry, to death. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy). Cited in General Orders No.

Roy McKinley Basford

Biography:

Registered Mercer county. Born, Troy, S. Dak., Nov. 15, 1896, of American parents. Occupation - laborer. Inducted at Stanton on May 25, 1918. Sent to Camp Lewis, Wash. Served in 14th Company, 4th Battalion, 166th Depot Brigade, to June 16, 1918; Company A, 158th Infantry, to Sept. 11, 1918; Company D, 128th Infantry, to death. Overseas from Aug. 11, 1918, to death. Engagement: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne.

John Paul Bauer

Biography:

Registered McLean county. Born, Lindsay, Texas, Oct. 25, 1894, of Austrian parents. Occupation - merchant. Inducted at Washburn, on March 30, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company P, 4th Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 20, 1918; Company I, 138th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine); Gerardmer (Alsace).

Howard Mayland Beck

Biography:

Registered McHenry county. Born, Brownsdale, Minn., May 25, 1892, of German-American parents. Occupation - telegraph operator. Inducted at Towner on Sept. 18, 1917. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Battery A, 338th Field Artillery, to April 1, 1918; Battery B, 321st Field Artillery, to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, Jan. 15, 1918. Overseas from May 19, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensives: St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sector: Marbache (Lorraine).

Clarence Victor Beckley

Biography:

Not a registrant, under age. Born, Paynesville, Minn., Feb. 17, 1897, of American-Canadiaan parents. Occupation - garage man. Enlisted at Minneapolis, Minn., on June 4, 1918. Sent to Jefferson Barracks, Mo. Served in 15th Service Company, Signal Corps, to Aug. 12, 1918; August Automatic Replacement Draft, Fort Leavenworh, to Sept. 6, 1918; Company A, 116th Field Signal Battalion, to death. Overseas from Aug. 17, 1918, to death.

Herman Behm

Biography:

Registered Barnes county. Born, Fingal, N. Dak., Sept. 26, 1895, of Hungarian parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Valley City on April 29, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in 163rd Depot Brigade (Company K, 350th Infantry), to May 16, 1918; Company K, 358th Infantry, to death. Overseas from June 20, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonna. Defensive Sector: Puvenelle (Lorraine).