John Cretus Baar

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Not a registrant, enlisted prior. Born, Sleepy Eye, Minn., June 3, 1896, of Austrian parents. Occupation - farmer. Enlisted in Company A, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Bismarck, on May 7, 1917. Served in Company A, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company A, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 9, 1918; Company A, 18th Infantry, to death. Grades: Private 1st Class, Nov. 20, 1917; Private, Jan. 21, 1918; Private 1st Class, May 31, 1918. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Wounded, severely, July 21, 1918. Engagements: Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne.

Albert Glen Bailey

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Private M.G. Co., 164th Infantry, 41st (Sunset) Division; so [sic] of W.L.Bailey of Arvilla ND and born in Edgar County, Illinois, on Sept 14, 1891; entered service July 23, 1917 in M.G.

Stephen Abel Babcock

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Registered Dickey county. Born, Adams, Wis., Nov. 15, 1888, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - laborer. Inducted at Ellendale on March 28, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company U, 5th Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 20, 1918; Company A, 137th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine); Gerardmer (Alsace).

Duncan Wesley Balfour

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Not a registrant, enlisted prior. Born, Milton, N. Dak., March 30, 1891, of American-Canadian parents. Occupation - unknown. Enlisted at Grand Forks on April 26, 1917. Sent to Jefferson Barracks, Mo. Served in Company F, 12th Infantry, to June 1, 1917; Company F, 62nd Infantry, to Aug. 20, 1918; Company F, 31st Infantry, to death. Grades: Private 1st Class, July 1, 1917; Corporal, Oct. 1, 1917; Sergeant, May 7, 1918. Overseas from Sept. 2, 1918, to death. Engagement: Defensive Sector: Siberia.

John S. Bannister

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Not a registrant, enlisted prior. Born, Montreal, Quebec, Aug. 18, 1896. Declarant citizen. Occupation - laborer. Enlisted in Company B, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Fargo, on May 14, 1917. Called into federal service, World War, on July 15, 1917. Served in Company B, 1st 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: Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne.

Claude Bacil Bartow

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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).

Roy McKinley Basford

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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.

Patrick Barthelette

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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.

John Paul Bauer

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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).