World War I
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Fallen
Cannon Ball, ND
Circumstances:
Killed in action at Soissons-Paris Road, July 18, 1918. His company was entrenched along the Paris, Soissons Road south of the Chemin de Dames and he volunteered to get some water for his buddies. The machine gun fire directed at him failed to hit him, but a German aviator flying over dropped a bomb and he died. Source: Associated Press, May 19, 1921.
First buried in Romagne Cemetery, France. Reburied at Holy Hill Cemetery in Cannon Ball, N. Dakota on 5/19/1921.
2023: ND legislature approved bill naming the bridge on state highway 1806 between county road 134 and 71st street in cannonball as the "Private Albert Grass WWI Bridge" HB1351
Sign dedicated October 20, 2023
Biography:
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). Cited in General Orders No. 1, Headquarters, 1st Division, Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., Jan. 1, 1920, for gallantry in action and especially meritorious services. Entitled to wear a silver star.