Fred Huft

World War I
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Fallen

Lincoln Valley [sic], ND

County:
Wells

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company I, 140th Infantry

Circumstances:

Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 9, 1921, and buried in Grave 2803, European Section, Arlington National Cemetery, Va.

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

Information found in Volume 2, page 1443 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Wells county. Born, Roscoe, D. T., Feb. 27, 1889, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Fessenden on March 28, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company T, 5th Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 20, 1918; Company I, 140th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Gerardmer (Alsace); Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine).