World War I
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Fallen

Drake, ND

County:
McHenry

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

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

Circumstances:

Killed in action, on Cantigny Front, May 2, 1918.

Buried, Grave No. 72, American Cemetery No. 176. Reburied, Drake, N. Dak.

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

Information found in Volume 3, page 2277 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Not a registrant, under age. Born, Twin Brooks, S. Dak., Jan. 1, 1897, of German parents. Occupation - barber. Enlisted in Company D, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Minot, on July 10, 1917. Called into federal service, World War, on July 15, 1917. Served in Company D, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company D, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 9, 1918; Company I, 18th Infantry, to death. Overseas from Dec. 14, 1917, to death. Engagements: Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy).