ND Veterans Affairs News: State

Registered Griggs county. Born, Preston, Minn., Feb. 29, 1896, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Cooperstown on Sept. 18, 1917. Served in Company M, 352nd Infantry, to Nov. 29, 1917; Company H, 347th Infantry, to June 10, 1918; Camp Pike Replacement Draft, to July 8, 1918; Company F, 163rd Infantry, to July 12, 1918; Company M, 28th Infantry, to death. Grades: Private 1st Class, May 1, 1918; Corporal, June 1, 1918; Private, June 1, 1918. Overseas from June 20, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne.

Not a registrant, over age. Born, Holsted, Denmark, Sept. 29, 1883. Citizenship, (not given). Occupation - farmer. Enlisted in Company B, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at New Rockford, on Sept. 21, 1917. Served in Company B, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company B, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 18, 1918; Company M, 26th 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.

Registered McLean county. Born, Winthrop, Minn., Jan. 18, 1889, of American parents. Occupation - telegrapher. Enlisted at Bismarck on Sept. 17, 1917. Sent to Jefferson Barracks, Mo. Served in Company C, 1st Field Signal Battalion, to death. Overseas from Dec. 24, 1917, to death. Engagements: Defensive: Aisne. Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Toulon-Troyon, Marbache and Limey (Lorraine); Chateau-Thierry (Ile-de-France).

Registered Stutsman county. Born, Urbana, N. Dak., March 14, 1891, of Canadian-American parents. Occupation - farmer. Enlisted at Fargo on Nov. 10, 1917. Sent to Jefferson Barracks, Mo. Served in Company B, 30th Engineers (Company B, 1st Gas Regiment), to death. Grades: Private 1st Class, Aug. 7, 1918; Corporal, Sept. 23, 1918. Overseas from Dec. 26, 1917, to death. Wounded, gassed, April 7, 1918. Engagements: Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive: Lys. Defensive Sectors: Toul-Boucq (Lorraine); Lens (Flanders).

Registered Ramsey county. Born, Holland, Ind., Sept. 5, 1890, of American parents. Occupation - carpenter. Enlisted in Company L, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Hillsboro, on July 23, 1918. Served in Company L, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company L, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 12, 1918; Company H, 26th Infantry, to death. Grades: Private 1st Class, Oct. 8, 1917; Corporal, April 11, 1918. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Aisne-Marne. Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy).

Registered Mountrail county. Born, Murray, Ind., Jan. 11, 1896, of American parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Stanley on March 29, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company C, 1st Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 22, 1918; Company B, 139th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Gerardmer (Alsace); Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine).

Registered Ramsey county. Born, Whitesville, Mo., Jan. 6, 1895, of American parents. Occupation - clerk. Enlisted in Company D, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Devils Lake, on June 30, 1917. Called into federal service, World War, on July 15, 1917. Served in Company D, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Headquarters Company, 164th Infantry), to Aug. 2, 1918; Veterinary Hospital No. 6, Army Postoffice No. 731, to death. Grades: Corporal, Aug. 1, 1917; Private, May 11, 1918; Farrier, Sept. 11, 1918. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death.

Registered Divide county. Born, Donbaas, Norway, April 17, 1896. Citizenship, alien. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Crosby on June 24, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in 163rd Depot Brigade, to July 13, 1918; Company H, 352nd Infantry, to death. Overseas from Aug. 16, 1918, to death. Engagement: Defensive Sector: Center (Alsace).