Clinton French

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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

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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

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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.

William A. Fry

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Not a registrant, over age. Born, Lexington, Ky., June 5, 1868, of American parents. Occupation - drayman. Enlisted in Company C, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Crosby, on July 15, 1917. Served in Company C, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, to Oct. 15, 1917; Company E, 164th Infantry, to Jan. 18, 1918; Company L, 26th Infantry, to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, Feb. 16, 1918. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Aisne-Marne. Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy).

Ernest Bryan Fulkerson

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Not a registrant, under age. Born, Penn, N. Dak., June 14, 1897, of American parents. Occupation - farmer. Enlisted in Company D, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Minot, on July 2, 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. 15, 1917, to death. Engagement: Defensive Sector: Ansauville (Lorraine). Cited in General Orders No. 1, Headquarters, 1st Division, Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., Jan.

James Cecil Gabe

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Registered Stark county. Born, Goodyear, Wis., Feb. 20, 1894, of American parents. Occupation - farmer. Enlisted in Company K, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Dickinson, on June 14, 1917. Served in Company K, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company K, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 9, 1918; Company G, 16th 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.

Irwin Elmer Gainer

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Registered Pembina county. Born, Neche, N. Dak., June 2, 1894, of Canadian parents. Occupation - farmer. Enlisted in Company C, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Grafton, on July 27, 1918. Served in Company C, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company C, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 9, 1918; Company E, 18th Infantry, to death. Grades: Private 1st Class, March 1, 1918; Corporal, Sept. 20, 1918. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon.