World War I
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Fallen

West Union, MN

County:
Morton

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company H, 131st Infantry

Circumstances:

Killed in action, on Aug. 11, 1918.

Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Dec. 28, 1920, and buried at West Union, Minn.

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

Information found in Volume 2, page 1741 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered (place not given). Born, West Union, Minn., April, 1893, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - unknown. Inducted at Mandan on Feb. 25, 1918. Served in Company M, 349th Infantry, to April 5, 1918; Company H, 131st Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 22, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Somme. Defensive Sector: Amiens (Picardy).