World War I
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Fallen
Fallen
Newry, MN
County:
Divide
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company E, 132nd Infantry
Circumstances:
Killed in action on Oct. 9, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. Sept. 12, 1921, and buried at Newry, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Clarence A Butler.
Information found in Volume 1, page 469 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Registered Divide county. Born, Newry, Minn., Feb. 27, 1887, of American parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Crosby on Feb. 23, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company K, 351st Infantry, to April 4, 1918; Company E, 132nd Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 16, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensives: Somme; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Verdun and Fromereville (Lorraine); Amiens (Picardy).