World War I
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Fallen

Brainerd, MN

County:
Stark

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Cook

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company K, 164th Infantry

Circumstances:

Died in France, of pneumonia, on July 4, 1918.

Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 26, 1920, and buried at Brainerd, Minn.

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

Information found in Volume 1, page 288 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Not a registrant. Born, Eau Claire, Wis., March 19, 1894, of American parents. Occupation - cook. Enlisted in Company K, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Dickinson, on June 11, 1917. Served in Company K, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company K, 164th Infantry), to death. Grade: Cook, July 16, 1917. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death.