World War I
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Fallen
Fallen
Rapid City, SD
County:
Renville
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company K, 138th Infantry
Circumstances:
Killed in action on Oct. 2, 1918.
Buried, Grave 31, Row 12, 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 3192 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Registered Renville county. Born, Rapid City, S. Dak., March 23, 1893, of English-American parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Mohall on March 29, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company C, 1st Training Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 22, 1918; 15th Company, Provisional Battalion, 138th Infantry, to March 21, 1918; Company K, 138th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine); Gerardmer (Alsace).