ND Veterans Affairs News: State
Virgil Fredrick
Biography:
Registered Gallatin county, Mont. Born, Middleburg, Ky., Sept., 1892, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - unknown. Inducted at Bozeman, Mont., on June 27, 1918. Sent to Camp Lewis, Wash. Served in 59th Company, 15th Battalion, 166th Depot Brigade, to July 17, 1918; Company E, 159th Infantry, to Sept. 19, 1918; Company K, 307th Infantry, to death. Overseas from Aug. 8, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sector: Foret-d'Argonne (Lorraine).
John Fregien
Biography:
Registered McIntosh county. Born, Coldwater, N. Dak., Feb. 2, 1893, of Russian parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Ashley on April 29, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 30, 1918; Battery A, 338th Field Artillery, to May 16, 1918; Company A, 315th Military Police, to Oct. 12, 1918; Company G, 357th Infantry, to death. Overseas from June 28, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensives: St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Puvenelle and Villers-en-Haye (Lorraine).
John Herman Freitag
Biography:
Registered Cavalier county. Born, Mankato, Minn., Jan. 9, 1889, of German-Austrian parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Langdon on Sept. 21, 1917. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company K, 352nd Infantry, to Nov. 28, 1917; Company L, 348th Infantry, to June 11, 1918; Camp Pike June Replacement Draft, to Aug. 4, 1918; Company G, 23rd Infantry, to death. Overseas from June 22, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensives: St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Marbache and Limey (Lorraine).
Clinton French
Biography:
Registered Williams county. Born, Kimball, Minn., April 11, 1892, of American parents. Occupation - butcher. Enlisted in Company E, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Williston, on Aug. 2, 1917. Served in Company E, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company E, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 18, 1918; Company K, 26th Infantry, to discharge. Overseas from, Dec. 15, 1917, to Feb. 2, 1919. Wounded, severely, July 19, 1918. Engagements: Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy).
Ross E. French
Biography:
Registered (place not given). Born, Detroit, Ill., Jan., 1892, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - unknown. Enlisted in Company E, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Williston, on June 25, 1917. Called into federal service, World War, on July 15, 1917. Served in Company E, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company E, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 18, 1918; Company K, 26th Infantry, to June 10, 1918; Company B, 26th Infantry, to death. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne.
George Fritz
Biography:
Registered Burke county. Born, Courtland, Minn., May 12, 1895, of American-German parents. Occupation - farmer. Enlisted in Company A, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Minot, on July 26, 1917. Served in Company A, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Supply Company, 164th Infantry), to death. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death.