ND Veterans Affairs News: State
Thomas Tostin Dokken
Biography:
Registered Cass County. Born, Norway, June 4, 1894. Citizenship, alien. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Fargo on Sept. 22, 1917. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company C, 47th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 10, 1918, to death. Engagement: Offensive: Aisne-Marne.
William V. Donnelly
Biography:
Not a registrant, enlisted prior. Born, Benson, Minn., Aug. 12, 1891, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - farmer. Enlisted in Company F, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Mandan, on May 12, 1917. Served in Company F, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company F, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 18, 1918; Company I, 26th Infantry, to death. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Wounded, gassed, June 9, 1918. Engagements: Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon.
Fred M. Eager
Biography:
Not a registrant, enlisted prior. Born, Willow City, N. Dak., Dec., 1893, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - unknown. 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. 9, 1918; Company I, 18th Infantry, to death. Overseas from Dec. 14, 1917, to death. Engagement: Defensive Sector: Ansauville (Lorraine).
Arthur William Dryden
Biography:
Not a registrant, enlisted prior. Born, Audubon, Iowa, Jan. 22, 1897, of American parents. Occupation - farmer. Enlisted in Company M, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Grand Forks, on April 30, 1917. Called into federal service, World War, on July 15, 1917. Served in Company M, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company M, 164th Infantry), to March 18, 1918; Company B, 116th Supply Train, to April 16, 1918; Company D, 2nd Ammunition Train, to death. Grades: Private 1st Class, Dec. 1, 1917; Private, April 16, 1918; Wagoner, July 1, 1918. Overseas from Dec.
Boyd Eagleson
Biography:
Registered Cavalier county. Born, Milton, N. Dak., May 27, 1895, of Irish-Canadian parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Langdon on Sept. 21, 1917. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Headquarters Company, 352nd Infantry, to Nov. 29, 1917; Company M, 347th Infantry, to June 9, 1918; Camp Pike Replacement Draft, to July 7, 1918; Company L, 163rd Infantry, to July 12, 1918; Company H, 16th Infantry, to death. Overseas from June 20, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Ansauville and Saizerais (Lorraine).
Richard Blue Earth
Biography:
Registered Sioux county. Born, Cannon Ball, N. Dak., Oct. 30, 1893, of American parents. Occupation - rancher. Enlisted in Company I, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, on Aug. 2, 1917, at Bismarck. Served in Company I, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, to Oct. 5, 1917; 161st Ambulance Company, 116th Sanitary Train, to Nov. 14, 1917; Company A, 164th Infantry, to Jan. 9, 1918; Company A, 18th Infantry, to death. Grade: Corporal, Sept. 4, 1918. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St.
Stanislaus Peter Eberhard
Biography:
Registered Richland county. Born, Brickentahl, Austria, June 14, 1896. Naturalized citizen. Occupation - farmer. Enlisted in Company I, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Wahpeton, on Sept. 14, 1917. Served in Company I, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company I, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 13, 1918; Company H, 26th Infantry, to death. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. Offensive: Aisne-Marne. Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy). Cited in General Orders No.
Joseph Eckert
Anton H. Ecker
Biography:
Not a registrant, over age. Born, New Ulm, Minn., Feb., 1886, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - unknown. Enlisted in Company C, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Grafton, on July 23, 1917. Served in Company C, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company C, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 9, 1918; Company E, 18th Infantry, to death. Grade: Corporal, (date not given). Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne.