Harold William Beltman

Biography:

Not a registrant, enlisted prior. Born, Tower City, N. Dak., April 18, 1898, of German parents. Occupation - barber. Enlisted in the Marine Corps at Fargo on May 9, 1917. Sent to Mare Island, Calif. Served in 79th Company, 6th Regiment, Quantico, Va., to Jan., 1918. Arrived in France, Feb. 8, 1918, and served there to death. Engagements: Toulon Sector: Aisne Defensive: Chateau-Thierry Sector.

Dolce Louis Belgredo

Biography:

Registered Ransom county. Born, Treso, Italy, March 4, 1895. Citizenship, alien. Occupation - section foreman. Inducted at Lisbon on April 29, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in 163rd Depot Brigade, to (date not given); Company M, 350th Infantry, to May 16, 1918; Company I, 358th Infantry, to death. Overseas from June 20, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: St. Mihiel. Defensive Sectors: Villers-en-Haye and Puvenelle (Lorraine).

Andrew H. Bennett

Biography:

Registered Ward county. Born, Brainerd, Minn., Dec. 17, 1894, of American parents. Occupation - salesman. Enlisted in Company A, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Minot, on July 14, 1917. Served in Company A, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, to Oct. 13, 1917; Company D, 164th Infantry, to Jan. 9, 1918; Company I, 16th Infantry to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, Dec. 1, 1917. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. Offensives: St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Aisne-Marne.

Guy Vivian Benoit

Biography:

Registered LaMoure county. Born, Lakefield, Minn., Dec. 28, 1892, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - farmer. Inducted at LaMoure on March 28, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company F, 2nd Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 20, 1918; Company L, 139th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensives: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine); Gerardmer (Alsace).

Andy Oliver Berg

Biography:

Registered Slope county. Born, Hatton, N. Dak., April 18, 1895, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - farmer. Enlisted at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., on Sept. 24, 1917. Served in Company C, 61st Infantry, to Dec. 2, 1917; Machine Gun Company, 61st Infantry, to Feb. 11, 1918; Sanitary Squadron, 9th Brigade, 5th Division, to March 4, 1918; Machine Gun Company, 61st Infantry, to May 8, 1918; Company H, 61st Infantry, to death. Overseas from April 16, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensives: St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: St.

Julian Olander Berg

Biography:

Registered Cass county. Born, Davenport, N. Dak., Aug. 27, 1890, of Norwegian parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Fargo on Aug. 8, 1918. Sent to Camp MacArthur, Texas. Served in Company K, 9th Battalion, Infantry Replacement and Training Camp, to Sept. 18, 1918; 34th Company, Camp MacArthur, Texas, September Automatic Replacement Draft, to death. Overseas from Sept. 29, 1918, to death.

Fred William Berner

Biography:

Registered Stutsman county. Born, Jamestown, N. Dak., May 7, 1893, of American parents. Occupation - locomotive fireman. Enlisted at Fort Snelling, Minn., on Sept. 13, 1917. Served in Company D, 21st Engineers, to Feb. 13, 1918; Company C, 21st Engineers, to death. Overseas from Dec. 26, 1917, to death. Engagements: Offensives: St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sector: Toul (Lorraine).

Henry Biffart

Biography:

Registered Morton county. Born, Wargaski, Russia, Nov. 10, 1896. Citizenship, alien. Occupation - laborer. Inducted at Mandan on May 24, 1918. Sent to Camp Lewis, Wash. Served in 16th Company, 4th Battalion, 166th Depot Brigade, to June 20, 1918; Company E, 362nd Infantry, to July 4, 1918; Company D, Depot Battalion, Camp Merritt, N. J., to July 19, 1918; Company I, 321st Infantry, to death. Overseas from July 31, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sector: St. Die (Lorraine).

Loe James Billings

Biography:

Registered Ransom county. Born, Lisbon, D. T., Feb. 6, 1889, of American parents. Occupation - electrician. Inducted at Lisbon on Feb. 13, 1918. Sent to Camp Dix, N. J. Served in Depot Company I, Signal Corps, to Feb. 21, 1918; Recruit Detachment, 303rd Field Signal Battalion, to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, June 1, 1918. Overseas from May 27, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensives: St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sector: Limey (Lorraine).