World War I
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Fallen

County:
Divide

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Mechanic

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

Medals and Honors:
Silver Star

Circumstances:

Killed in action on July 22, 1918.

Buried, Grave 1, Row 36, Block D, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.

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

Information found in Volume 2, page 1098 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered (place not given). Born, Home City, Minn., 1893, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - unknown. Enlisted in Company C, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Crosby, on July 20, 1917. Served in Company C, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, to Oct. 12, 1917; Company E, 164th Infantry, to Jan. 18, 1918; Company H, 26th Infantry, to death. Grades: Mechanic, Feb. 1, 1918; Private, May 14, 1918. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. Offensive: Aisne-Marne. Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy). Cited in General Orders No. 1, Headquarters, 1st Division, Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., Jan. 1, 1920, for gallantry in action and especially meritorious services. Entitled to wear a silver star.