World War I
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Fallen

County:
LaMoure

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company M, 137th Infantry

Circumstances:

Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.

Buried, Grave 12, Row 22, Block B, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Information found in Volume 4, page 2925 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered (place not given). Born, Perham, Minn., Jan., 1893, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - unknown. Inducted at LaMoure on April 2, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company L, 3rd Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 24, 1918; Company M, 137th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Gerardmer (Alsace); Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine).