World War I
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Fallen

Fargo, ND

County:
Cass

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
140th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division

Circumstances:

Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.

Buried, Grave 13, Row 30, Block C, 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 615 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Cass county. Born, Gardner, N. Dak., May 23, 1895, of American parents. Occupation - student. Inducted at Fargo on March 28, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company M, 3rd Training Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 21, 1918; 5th Company, Provisional Battalion, 138th Infantry, to June 17, 1918; Company H, 140th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 27, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine); Gerardmer (Alsace).