World War I
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Fallen

County:
Bottineau

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

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

Circumstances:

Killed in action on Sept. 30, 1918.

Buried, Grave 34, Row 39, Block H, 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 1, page 518 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Bottineau county. Born, Elysian, Minn., May 24, 1893, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Bottineau on March 28, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company U, 5th Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 20, 1918; Company E, 137th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Gerardmer (Alsace); Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine).