World War I
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Fallen
Fallen
County:
Hettinger
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company D, 338th Machine Gun Battalion
Circumstances:
Killed in action on Oct. 12, 1918.
Buried in Grave 35, Row 23, Block E, 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 2, page 1785 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Registered Lee county, Ill. Born, Delavan, Ill., Nov. 11, 1893, of American parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Mott on June 28, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in 163rd Depot Brigade, to July 12, 1918; Company D, 338th Machine Gun Battalion, to death. Overseas from Aug. 15, 1918, to death. Engagement: Defensive Sector: Center (Alsace).