ND Veterans Affairs News: State

Nominated by AMVETS and appointed by Governor Burgum to ACOVA 9/1/2017.

Appointed Chair of ACOVA by Governor Burgum on 9/21/2021 to present

ACOVA Committees served on:

• ND Department of Veterans Affairs: 2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020, 2020-2021

Member of Veteran Organizations:

• AMVETS State Commander 2015-2016
• ND Veterans Coordinating Council (NDVCC) Org. Rep. AMVETS 2013-2017

Occupation: Retired: ND Department of Transportation

Services, Committees and Memberships:

Registered Cavalier county. Born, McIntosh, Minn., Oct. 4, 1890, of Norwegian-American parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Langdon on Sept. 21, 1917. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Comany M, 352nd Infantry, to Nov. 28, 1917; Company M, 348th Infantry, to April 12, 1918; Company C, 58th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 7, 1918, to death. Engagement: Offensive: Aisne-Marne.

Registered Cass county. Born, Kindred, N. Dak., Sept. 19, 1894, of Norwegian parents. Occupation - carpenter. Inducted at Fargo on April 28, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in 163rd Depot Brigade, to (date not given); Battery D, 338th Field Artillery, to May 15, 1918; Company B, 344th Machine Gun Battalion, to death. Overseas from June 21, 1918, to death.

Registered Cavalier county. Born, Myre Station, Norway, Dec. 10, 1892. Naturalized citizen. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Langdon on Sept. 21, 1917. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company L, 352nd Infantry, to Nov. 28, 1917; Company I, 348th Infantry, to March 6, 1918; Company G, 59th Infantry, to discharge. Overseas from May 5, 1918, to Sept. 28, 1918. Wounded, severely, July 19, 1918. Engagement: Offensive: Aisne-Marne.

Registered Ward county. Born, Radcliffe, Iowa, Sept. 14, 1890, of American parents. Occupation - student. Enlisted in Company A, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Minot, on July 22, 1917. Served in Company A, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company D, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 9, 1918; Company B, 18th Infantry, to death. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy).

Not a registrant, under age. Born, Russia, Sept. 19, 1897. Declarant citizen. Occupation - farmer. Enlisted in Company M, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Grand Forks, on July 21, 1917. Served in Company M, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company M, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 20, 1918; Company F, 26th Infantry, to death. Grades: Private 1st Class, Dec. 1, 1917. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon.