ND Veterans Affairs News: State

Registered Stutsman county. Born, Blare, Denmark, July 16, 1887. Declarant citizen. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Jamestown on April 2, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company F, 2nd Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 30, 1918; Company L, 139th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Gerardmer (Alsace); Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine).

Not a registrant. Born, Arvilla, N. Dak., March 19, 1895, of English-Canadian parents. Occupation - laborer. Enlisted in Machine Gun Company, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Grand Forks, on July 24, 1917. Served in Machine Gun Company, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company A, Machine Gun Battalion, 1st Brigade, 1st Division), to death. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy). Cited in General Orders No. 1, Headquarters, 1st Division, Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., Jan.

Registered Griggs county. Born, Sun Prairie, Wis., Nov. 6, 1893, of Norwegian parents. Occupation - carpenter. Inducted at Cooperstown on April 3, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 21, 1918; 138th Infantry, to July 2, 1918; Company E, 140th Infantry, to death. Overseas from June 4, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine); Gerardmer (Alsace).

Not a registrant, over age. Born, Beaver, Minn., June 25, 1884, of American parents. Occupation - chauffeur. Enlisted at Bismarck on May 20, 1918. Sent to Jefferson Barracks, Mo. Served in 69th Company, Transportation Corps, to March 11, 1919; 40th Company, Transportation Corps, to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, Aug. 3, 1918. Overseas from June 30, 1918, to death.

Registered Mountrail county. Born, Poneto, Ind., March 15, 1890, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Stanley on Sept. 18, 1917. Served in Battery B, 338th Field Artillery, to April 1, 1918; Company K, 326th Infantry, to death. Grades: Private 1st Class, Jan. 18, 1918; Private, April 1, 1918. Overseas from April 29, 1918, to death. Engagement: Defensive Sector: Lucey (Lorraine).

Registered Richland county. Born, Fijring Hedenstad, Denmark, Feb. 1, 1892. Declarant citizen. Occupation - bricklayer. Inducted at Wahpeton on March 28, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company A, 5th Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 20, 1918; Headquarters, Provisional Battalion, 138th Infantry, to June 17, 1918; Company C, 140th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 27, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine); Gerardmer (Alsace).

Registered Montana. Born, Oakes, N. Dak., Jan. 9, 1895, of Canadian-Scotch parents. Occupation - merchant. Inducted at Glasgow, Mont., on June 25, 1918. Served in 7th Company, 166th Depot Brigade, to July 15, 1918; Company F, 160th Infantry, to Sept. 23, 1918; Company A, 308th Infantry, to death. Overseas from Aug. 9, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sector: Foret-d'Agronne (Lorraine). Citation Orders No. 8, General Headquarter, AEF, Washington D. C., March 1, 1920, for gallantry in action near Binarville, France, Sept.

Registered Barnes county. Born, Nome, N. Dak., Oct. 20, 1895, of American parents. Occupation - farmer. Induced at Valley City on June 27, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in 163rd Depot Brigade, to July 4, 1918; Company C, 339th Machine Gun Battalion, to death. Overseas from Aug. 14, 1918, to death.