World War I
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Fallen

County:
Burleigh

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division

Circumstances:

Died on Oct. 8, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried, Grave 2, Row 17, Block H, Meuse Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Information found in Volume 1, page 609 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Not a registrant. Born, Hurworth, England, July 13, 1892. Naturalized citizen. Occupation - lumberman. Enlisted in Company I, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Bismarck, on July 10, 1917. Called into federal service, World War, on July 15, 1917. Served in Company I, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, to Oct. 5, 1917; 161st Ambulance Company, 116th Sanitary Train, to Jan. 10, 1918; Medical Detachment, 18th Infantry, to death. Overseas from Dec. 12, 1917, to death. Engagements: Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. Defensive Sectors: Ansauville and Saizerais (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy).