ND Veterans Affairs News: State

Registered Cass county. Born, Rockeby, Sweden, Sept. 6, 1890. Citizenship, alien. Occupation - laborer. Inducted at Minneapolis, Minn., on April 6, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company F, 2nd Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to May 15, 1918; 359th Infantry, 90th Division, to death. Overseas from June 20, 1918, to Sept. 13, 1918. Engagements: Offensives: St. Mihiel. Defensive Sector: Villers-en-Haye (Lorraine).

Name included in the WWI Centenial Benson ND Name included in the Benson County WWI Honor Roll of Casualties.

Registered Ramsey county. Born, Chicago, Ill., June 18, 1895, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - laborer. Inducted at Devils Lake on June 24, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in 163rd Depot Brigade, to July 13, 1918; Company C, 352nd Infantry, to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, Oct. 4, 1918. Overseas from Aug. 15, 1918, to death.

Not a registrant, under age. Born, Minot, N. Dak., Aug. 23, 1897, of Canadian-American parents. Occupation - student. Enlisted in Company D, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Minot, on June 4, 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. 11, 1918; Company I, 16th Infantry, to death. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Aisne-Marne. Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy).

Registered Slope county. Born, Springfield, Ill., Sept. 10, 1893, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - merchant. Enlisted at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., on July 30, 1917. Served in 72nd Aero Squadron, Signal Corps, to Sept. 13, 1917; 117th Aero Squadron, to June 1, 1918; 638th Aero Squadron, to death. Grades: Corporal, June 1, 1918; Sergeant, Aug. 1, 1918; Sergeant 1st Class, Oct. 1, 1918. Overseas from Dec. 18, 1917, to death.

Registered Ransom county. Born, London, Englan, Sept. 12, 1893. Naturalized citizen. Occupation - carpenter. Inducted at Lisbon on Feb. 13, 1918. Sent to Fort Leavenworth, Kans. Served in Company C, 317th Field Signal Battalion, to death. Overseas from July 9, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensives: St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sector: Lorraine.

Not a registrant, over age. Born, Sweden, Aug. 28, 1886. Citizenship, alien. Occupation - farmer. Enlisted in Machine Gun Company, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Grand Forks, on July 14, 1917. Called into federal service, World War, on July 15, 1917. Served in Machine Gun Company, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Machine Gun Company, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 9, 1918; Headquarters Company, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, to death. Grades: Private 1st Class, (date not given); Corporal, Nov. 11, 1917; Wagoner, Feb. 1, 1918; Private, July 8, 1918; Corporal, Aug. 25, 1918.

Registered Cass county. Born, Gardner, N. Dak., Sept. 15, 194, of American-Swedish parents. Occupation - student. Enlisted in Company B, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Fargo, on July 9, 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 Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy).