John August Repsdorf

World War I
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Fallen

New Salem, ND

County:
Morton

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Cpl.

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company A, 164th Infantry

Circumstances:

Killed in action on July 22, 1918.

Buried, Grave 13, Row 36, Block B, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Burleigh and Morton counties.

Information found in Volume 3, page 2681 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Not a registrant. Born, New Salem, D. T., Jan. 22, 1889, of German parents. Occupation - farmer. Enlisted in Company A, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Bismarck, on July 23, 1917. Served in Company A, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company A, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 9, 1918; Company K, 18th Infantry, to death. Grades: Private 1st Class, Nov. 22, 1917; Corporal, July 4, 1918. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Aisne-Marne. Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy).