James Landphere

World War I
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Fallen

Belmond, IA

County:
Ward

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company E, 139th Infantry

Circumstances:

Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.

Buried in Grave 16, Row 10, Block G, 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 1796 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Ward county. Born, Belmond, Iowa, Dec. 10, 1887, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Minot on March 29, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in 1st Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 25, 1918; Company E, 139th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Gerardmer (Alsace); Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine).