World War I
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Fallen

County:
Bottineau

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company C, 137th Infantry

Circumstances:

Killed in action in Argonne Forest on Sept. 28, 1918.

Grave unlocated.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Information found in Volume 4, page 2758 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Bottineau county. Born, Farwell, Minn., Oct. 27, 1888, of Swedish parents. Occupation - barber. Inducted at Bottineau on March 28, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company U, 5th Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 20, 1918; Company C, 137th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine); Gerardmer (Alsace).