World War I
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MIA

Cogswell, ND

County:
Sargent

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
59th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division

Circumstances:

Killed in action, on Aug. 11, 1918.

Buried in France. Grave unlocated. Tablets of the Missing at Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Fere-en-Tardenois, France

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

Information found in Volume 1, page 911 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Sargent county. Born, Alcester, S. Dak., March 23, 1891, of American parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Forman on Sept. 17, 1917. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company G, 59th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 5, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Aisne-Marne. Defensive Sector: Vesle (Champagne).