World War I
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Fallen
Fallen
County:
Grand Forks
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Navy
Rank:
Seaman 2c
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
USS Solace
Circumstances:
Died at Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va., on Jan. 8, 1918, as a Seaman 2nd Class.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 978 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Not a registrant, enlisted prior. Born, (place not given), July, 1895, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - unknown. Enlisted in the Navy at Minneapolis, Minn., on Nov. 4, 1916. Served on USS North Dakota, to Dec. 25, 1917; USS Solace, to Dec. 26, 1917; Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va., to death. Grade: Seaman 2nd Class, 277 days.