Elvin Erickson Nyhus

World War I
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Fallen

Hatton, ND

County:
Steele

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company D, 37th Battalion, US Guards, The Presidio

Circumstances:

Died of pneumonia at The Presidio, San Francisco, Calif., on Oct. 24, 1918.

Buried at Hatton, N. Dak.

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

Information found in Volume 3, page 2363 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Steele county. Born, Hatton, N. Dak., March 26, 1895, of Norwegian parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Sherbrooke on June 24, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in 163rd Depot Brigade, to (date not given); Company G, 352nd Infantry, to July 27, 1918; Company No. 13, 4th Development Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to Aug. 14, 1918; Company D, 37th Battalion, US Guards, The Presidio, San Francisco, Calif., to death.