Joseph R. Erickson

Biography:

Registered Griggs county. Born, St. John, N. Dak., Feb. 26, 1894, of American parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Camp Greens, N. C., on Feb. 21, 1918. Served in Company E, 39th Infantry, to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, Sept. 16, 1918. Overseas from May 10, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Vesle (Champagne); Toulon and Verdun-Fromereville (Lorraine).

Oscar Erickson

Biography:

Not a registrant, enlisted prior. Born, Grafton, D. T., Feb. 3, 1888, of Norwegian parents. Occupation - laborer. Enlisted at Chicago, Ill., on June 2, 1917. Sent to Jefferson Barracks, Mo. Served in Company E, 6th Engineers, to death. Grade: Corporal, Sept. 17, 1917; Private, Oct. 14, 1917; Corporal, Dec. 5, 1917; Sergeant, Sept. 1, 1918. Overseas from Dec. 5, 1917, to death. Engagements: Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensives: Champagne-Marne; Somme. Defensive Sectors: Chateau-Thierry and Vesle (Champagne).

Eugene Victor Evans

Biography:

Registered Hettinger county. Born, Avon, Wis., Sept. 12, 1895, of American parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Mott on June 28, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in 163rd Depot Brigade, to July 19, 1918; Company F, 313th Ammunition Train, to death. Overseas from Aug. 17, 1918, to death. Engagement: Defensive Sector: Center (Alsace).

Virgil Raymond Erickson

Biography:

Registered Ramsey county. Born, Devils Lake, N. Dak., July 29, 1893, of Norwegian-American parents. Occupation - farmer. Enlisted in Company D, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Devils Lake, on Aug. 13, 1917. Served in Company D, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company D, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 12, 1918; Machine Gun Company, 26th Infantry, to death. Grades: Private 1st Class, Dec. 1, 1917; Corporal, Sept. 20, 1918. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon.

Elgin Evens

Biography:

Registrant, Walsh county. Born, Minto, D. T., Feb. 19, 1888, of Norwegian parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Grafton on May 27, 1918. Sent to Camp Lewis, Wash. Served in 22nd Company, 6th Battalion, 166th Depot Brigade, to June 18, 1918; Company K, 158th Infantry, to Sept. 10, 1918; Company E, 128th Infantry, to death. Overseas from Aug. 11, 1918, to death. Engagement: Offensive: Meuse-Argonn

Hans Evenson

Biography:

Registered Richland county. Born, Mollvin, Norway, June 3, 1888. Declarant citizen. Occupation - boiler washer. Enlisted in Company I, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Wahpeton, on June 2, 1917. Called into federal service, World War, on July 15, 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).

Eugene Farnam

Biography:

Registered Grand Forks county. Born, Cornland, Ill., May 30, 1892, of American parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Grand Forks on June 24, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in 163rd Depot Brigade, Camp Dodge, Iowa, to July 29, 1918; 313th Sanitary Train, to death. Overseas from Aug. 17, 1918, to death.

Paul Farup

Biography:

Not a registrant, under age. Born, Park River, N. Dak., Jan. 10, 1898, of Norwegian-Canadian parents. Occupation - student. Enlisted in Company C, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Grafton, on Aug. 18, 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. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Aisne-Marne. Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy). Cited in General Orders No.

Ingvald Pederson

Biography:

Registered Divide county. Born, Drammen, Norway, Oct. 28, 1893. Naturalized citizen. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Crosby on June 24, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company E, 352nd Infantry, to July 18, 1918; Company No. 3, 163rd Depot Brigade, to July 30, 1918; Company B, 313th Supply Train, to death. Overseas from Aug. 24, 1918, to death. Engagement: Defensive Sector: Center (Alsace).