Gilbert Collins Grafton

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Not a registrant, enlisted prior. Born, Bowden, England, Oct. 6, 1860. Naturalized citizen. Occupation - US postal Department. Enlisted in Company B, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Fargo, on June 14, 1885. Grades: Sergeant, Aug. 15, 1887; 1st Sergeant, June, 1888. Discharged as 1st Sergeant, July 15, 1888; re-enlisted, July 15, 1888. Commissioned Captain, Dec. 28, 1892. Resigned as Captain, of Company B, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, on Jan. 24, 1895.

Bolek Gosecky

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Registered Burke county. Born, Warsaw, Poland, May 12, 1887. Citizenship, alien. Occupation - farmer. Enlisted in Company C, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Crosby, on July 27, 1917. Served in Company C, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company E, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 18, 1918; Company K, 26th Infantry, to death. Grade: Corporal, June 30, 1918. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Wounded, gassed, June 10, 1918. Engagements: Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne.

John A. Granlund

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Registered (place not given). Born, Home City, Minn., 1893, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - unknown. Enlisted in Company C, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Crosby, on July 20, 1917. Served in Company C, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, to Oct. 12, 1917; Company E, 164th Infantry, to Jan. 18, 1918; Company H, 26th Infantry, to death. Grades: Mechanic, Feb. 1, 1918; Private, May 14, 1918. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. Offensive: Aisne-Marne.

Oscar E. Granlund

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Registered (place not given). Born, Home City, Minn., Aug., 1895, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - unknown. Enlisted in Company C, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Crosby, on July 11, 1917. Called into federal service, World War, on July 15, 1917. Served in Company C, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company E, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 18, 1918; Company H, 26th Infantry, to death. Grade: Corporal, April 11, 1918. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. Offensive: Aisne-Marne.

Albert Grass

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Registered Sioux County. Born, Fort Yates, N. Dak., Feb. 7, 1896, of American parents. Occupation - farmer. Enlisted in Company I, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Bismarck, on July 22, 1917. Served in Company I, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, to Oct. 5, 1917; 161st Ambulance Company, 116th Sanitary Train, to Nov. 14, 1917; 164th Infantry, to Jan. 9, 1918; Company A, 18th Infantry, to death. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Aisne-Marne. Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy).

William John Gravell

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Registered Barnes county. Born, Hastings, Minn., April 13, 1890, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - clerk. Inducted at Valley City on Sept. 18, 1917. Served in Company M, 352nd Infantry, to Nov. 29, 1917; Company H, 347th Infantry, to March 9, 1918; Company K, 47th Infantry, to death. Grades: Private 1st Class, Oct. 9, 1917; Private, Nov. 21, 1917; Private 1st Class, July 1, 1918. Overseas from May 10, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Aisne-Marne. Defensive Sector: Vesle (Champagne).

Royal Osmer Gray

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Registered Griggs county. Born, Luverne, Iowa, Nov. 25, 1895, of American parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Cooperstown on Feb. 16, 1918. Sent to Camp Greene, N. C. Served in Company H, 47th Infantry, to death. Grade: Corporal, Sept. 3, 1918. Overseas from May 10, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Vesle (Champagne); Toulon (Lorraine).

John Wesley Green

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Registered Kidder county. Born, Boone, Iowa, July 4, 1892, of American parents. Occupation - farmer. Enlisted in Company I, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Dawson, on June 29, 1917. Called into federal service, World War, on July 15, 1917. Served in Company I, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (161st Ambulance Company, 116th Sanitary Train), to Nov. 14, 1917; Company A, 164th Infantry, to Jan. 9, 1918; Company L, 18th Infantry, to death. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Wounded, severely, May 29, 1918. Engagements: Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St.

Ole O. Greslivold

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Registered Ward county. Born, Trondhjem, Norway, April 29, 1895. Naturalized citizen. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Minot on June 24, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in 163rd Depot Brigade, to July 13, 1918; Company G, 352nd Infantry, to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, Sept. 15, 1918. Overseas from Aug. 16, 1918, to death.