Gustav Ruben Carlson

World War I
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Fallen

Blabon, ND

County:
Steele

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
305th Infantry Regiment, 77th Division

Circumstances:

Died on Oct. 4, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried, Grave 5, Row 25, Block G, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Information found in Volume 1, page 500 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Steele county. Born, Burea, Sweden, March 24, 1896. Citizenship, alien. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Sherbrooke on May 25, 1918. Sent to Camp Lewis, Wash. Served in 7th Company, 2nd Battalion, 166th Depot Brigade, to June 17, 1918; Company E, 157th Infantry, to Sept. 23, 1918; Company E, 305th Infantry, to death. Overseas from Aug. 8, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sector: Foret-d'Argonne (Lorraine).