World War I
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Fallen

Graceville, MN

County:
Cass

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Battery B, 127th Field Artillery

Circumstances:

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 10, 1918.

Buried in France; remains returned to U. S. on Nov. 18, 1920, and buried in Lakeside Cemetery, Graceville, Minn.

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

Information found in Volume 1, page 599 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Cass county. Born, Wheaton, Minn., Nov. 12, 1894, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - chauffeur. Inducted at Fargo on June 15, 1918. Sent to North Dakota Agricultural College. Served in Student Army Training Corps, to Aug. 13, 1918; 59th Field Artillery Brigade, to (date not given); Battery B, 127th Field Artillery, to death. Overseas from Sept. 25, 1918, to death.