World War I
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Fallen

Annandale, MN

County:
Ward

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.1st Class

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

Circumstances:

Killed in action on July 20, 1918, at Soissons.

Buried in France; grave unlocated.

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

Information found in Volume 3, page 1992 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Ward county. Born, Annandale, Minn., April 14, 1896, of American parents. Occupation - mechanic, Enlisted in Company A, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Minot, on July 14, 1917. Called into federal service, World War, on July 15, 1917. Served in Company A, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, to Oct. 13, 1917; Company D, 164th Infantry, to Jan. 9, 1918; Company K, 16th Infantry, to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, Dec. 12, 1917. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Aisne-Marne. Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy).